DLA guaranteed until 2014?!

sox8369

Yes they do x

andyandflo

sox8369 wrote: »

Yes they do x

According to another poster, only about 10% actually pass and receive it without recourse to the Tribunal.
I don't know if this is right, but if it is, there must be an awful lot of fraudelant claims being made, or the DWP are not doing their job properly.

As I have said before, having regular medicals may be the only and best answer in reducing the costs and ensuring that those that need the help get it.

Indie_Kid

Quite a few people (including myself) failed on first attempt. I got CAB involved who said they would go to tribunal with me, if needed. 3 months later, I got my award of LRC & LRM for life.

sock-knitter

i got DLA without going to a tribunal, as have both of my sons. for the poster who said they would never go on income support try managing on carers allowance alone without the income support, i have two sons who need watching 24/7, and as such they get hrc and lrm. i get no help or respite for my sons, without income support we wouldnt be able to survive, as i cant just go and get a job

andyandflo

sock-knitter wrote: »

i got DLA without going to a tribunal, as have both of my sons. for the poster who said they would never go on income support try managing on carers allowance alone without the income support, i have two sons who need watching 24/7, and as such they get hrc and lrm. i get no help or respite for my sons, without income support we wouldnt be able to survive, as i cant just go and get a job

Hi,

Many live on JSA of £65.45pw others manage on ESA of £65.45pw.

We as a couple lived on my ESA of £65.45pw. On top of that there is no Council Tax to pay, and now that we have just lost our home (couldn't afford the mortgage) we don't pay rent either.

We now get Pension Credit and to be honest, we can actually save out of it!
With careful management it can be done - there are many that do!

Indie_Kid

andyandflo wrote: »

Hi,

Many live on JSA of £65.45pw others manage on ESA of £65.45pw.

We as a couple lived on my ESA of £65.45pw. On top of that there is no Council Tax to pay, and now that we have just lost our home (couldn't afford the mortgage) we don't pay rent either.

With careful management it can be done - there are many that do!

CA is around £54 per week. A bit different to living on £65 per week.

andyandflo

sh1305 wrote: »

Quite a few people (including myself) failed on first attempt. I got CAB involved who said they would go to tribunal with me, if needed. 3 months later, I got my award of LRC & LRM for life.

Thanks

Maybe your CAB has some workers that know what they are doing and more importantly, have the time to look after you.

I think in my wife's case, despite sending in the evidence and a copy of the Social workers care plan both claims for DLA & AA failed at the Tribunal because she refused to go.

DarkFallout

littlerat wrote: »

Dad's on DLA for knee problems (that always sounds so minor, but it's not) and now widespread athritus.

The costs are so many things.

Phonecalls - he couldn't even nip next door a lot of days to see our neighbour.
Internet (especially now there's no close disabled parking in town if he needs to get in)
Things to make housework easier - such as having to buy a more expensive lighter hoover he could use, longer handled things
Replacing things broken - his legs give out regularly with no warning, if he's carrying anything it's going to fall, he also has fallen on things before
Extra petrol - the 1/4 mile into the village isn't walkable at all, he can barely make it in and out of shops so anything further is impossible - plus this means driving is his only escape from the house. The 5 minute walk to the doctors to pick up prescriptions isn't even manageable.
Mobile phone + plenty of credit
If something happens and I need to run him around, I can't always afford to pay for the petrol either.
Extra cost of buying locally - as it is Dad does a fortnightly shop at a supermarket, but his ability to do these is getting more and more impaired due to distance.
I know some people won't count it, but as Dad can't work he tries to have things he can do as well - remember he can't just go and take a walk. He does cross stitch, which may not be a necessity, but it keeps him sane!

Those are just off the top of my head.

But there's so many little costs that add up. Standard hobbies are always more expensive even.

I do agree that there are extra costs but if you put internet as an extra cost you can not then add shopping locally and driving to shops as your father can shop online or someone can do this for him.

andyandflo

sh1305 wrote: »

CA is around £54 per week. A bit different to living on £65 per week.

Maybe, £9pw

DarkFallout

andyandflo wrote: »

According to another poster, only about 10% actually pass and receive it without recourse to the Tribunal.
I don't know if this is right, but if it is, there must be an awful lot of fraudelant claims being made, or the DWP are not doing their job properly.

As I have said before, having regular medicals may be the only and best answer in reducing the costs and ensuring that those that need the help get it.

yes there is an awful lot of fradulent claims made, but most of them are not classed as fraud as there is not enough space in the prisons for all the fraudsters and it is more expensive to prosecute and imprison these people than to give/not give them benefits ... therefore in order to have spending cuts the bar is gradually set higher nad higher with all incapacity benefits ... as there is no bright future ahead with the british economy and tax receipts prepare for more spending, cuts, higher criteria of passing and more medicals ...