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sunnyone

DLA spot-check hit list revealed – specific conditions targeted

30 April 2009
Benefits and Work has obtained a list of the conditions being targeted in the Right Payment Programme under which checks are made on claimants’ awards of DLA.

Under the Right Payment Programme claimants already in receipt of DLA have their award looked at again. Initially this is by being sent an enquiry form to complete. In some cases medical evidence may also be collected and a home visit may also take place.

12,000 of these checks take place each year. Of these, 3,750 are on claimants chosen at random. The other 8,250 claimants, however, are now selected from specific groups. Benefits and Work, using the Freedom of Information Act, has obtained a list of the groups who are now being targeted because, according to the DWP, they are the groups most likely to be subject to changes in entitlement.

The targets are people with the following conditions:

• Arthritis
• Spondylosis
• Back pain
• Muscles, bones, joints
• Heart disease
• Chest disease
• Strokes
• Psychosis/psychoneurosis

In addition, indefinite awards where there has been no check or change since 1992 are also being spot checked.

However, claimants can take some comfort from a claim by the DWP that from April to November 2008 86% of cases checked under RPP were left unchanged, 10% resulted in an increase in award and only 4% were reduced.

sunnyone

Oldernotwiser

sunnyone wrote: »

DLA spot-check hit list revealed – specific conditions targeted


However, claimants can take some comfort from a claim by the DWP that from April to November 2008 86% of cases checked under RPP were left unchanged, 10% resulted in an increase in award and only 4% were reduced.

Not a particularly draconian "hit list" is it?

sunnyone

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

Not a particularly draconian "hit list" is it?

No but fore armed is fore warned which is what I posted to inky and it just shows that the goverment are for once telling the truth, that disability benefits have a very low rate of fraud.

sunnyone

TheTARDIS

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

Not a particularly draconian "hit list" is it?

After last night's antics, wouldn't you admit that your approach and response to other Forum Members is somewhat, well,....... Draconian?

Oldernotwiser

sunnyone wrote: »

No but fore armed is fore warned which is what I posted to inky and it just shows that the goverment are for once telling the truth, that disability benefits have a very low rate of fraud.

sunnyone

Or that the administration isn't particularly efficient!

DX2

TheTARDIS wrote: »

After last night's antics, wouldn't you admit that your approach and response to other Forum Members is somewhat, well,....... Draconian?

I'm sure that has helped the OP immensly! The other thread is still open at the moment why not leave your comments there if you so wish, rather than spill it onto another thread.

seven-day-weekend

• Arthritis
• Spondylosis
• Back pain
• Muscles, bones, joints
• Heart disease
• Chest disease
• Strokes
• Psychosis/psychoneurosis

Actually, these conditions ARE very likely to change. Sometimes because they naturally get better, sometimes due to surgery and sometimes due to medication. So what is wrong with checking every so often?

sunnyone

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

• Arthritis
• Spondylosis
• Back pain
• Muscles, bones, joints
• Heart disease
• Chest disease
• Strokes
• Psychosis/psychoneurosis

Actually, these conditions ARE very likely to change. Sometimes because they naturally get better, sometimes due to surgery and sometimes due to medication. So what is wrong with checking every so often?

who said that they shouldnt be checked?

And you missed the idefinate awards that havnt been checked or changed since 1992, but that dosnt change the facts, that RPP checks only result in reduced payments in 4% of cases, 86% stay the same and 10% are increased.

sunnyone

seven-day-weekend

Yes, thanks, I had actually seen that only 4% were reduced. I seem to remember though that some people seem to take exception to being checked? (or was that another thread?).

Also I find the benefitsandwork website always a bit scaremongering, so I'm a little wary of anything that comes from that.