P.I.P. timescales...

chemgeek

Fin 53,

Have you had any luck?
They received my MR yesterday and now been told 8-10 weeks for an outcome. I put a letter in there from the MP so that may speed things up. After applying in Jan 2014, if i get an outcome on time, that will be almost 19 months from applying! Hopefully the MP letter may speed things up.

Fin53

chemgeek wrote: »

Fin 53,

Have you had any luck?
They received my MR yesterday and now been told 8-10 weeks for an outcome. I put a letter in there from the MP so that may speed things up. After applying in Jan 2014, if i get an outcome on time, that will be almost 19 months from applying! Hopefully the MP letter may speed things up.

Nothing. Been told so many different stories, I've given up. I was even told that a decision has been made but not uploaded to the system. Another crock of ****!

chemgeek

that is completly ridiculous!!!!

I cant believe you still havent heard anything - I really would contact your mp.

I rung today to see if they received my MR. She said yes - you enclosed a lot of information! I was like only the info I submitted before (but highlighted to specific places etc). She said you never sent in any evidence before and I responded saying I know I did because the assessor said something she would only know if she had read the evidence I sent! Was told 8-10 weeks originally today been told 9-11+ weeks for a decision. That will take me to 18 months plus from original application!!!!

SingleSue

After his first PIP assessment was postponed in March, youngest had got himself all worked up for the re arranged date of today.....2 hours before I was due to leave home to pick him up from college for it and they rang, postponed again until the middle of next month.

So, for the third time, I will have to go through the sleepless nights, the anxiety attacks, the stressing out etc from youngest in the time leading upto the assessment (he is complex autistic, social anxiety, severe asthma, hypermobility/EDS and other bits and pieces....he also doesn't like people and the thought of having to talk to a stranger sends him to freak out mode)

He is a transfer over from DLA on reaching 16 (we were one of the trial areas) and although payment has continued on, it is now over a year since his PIP form went back.

My own claim (I finally put one in after years of refusing to), was sent in September last year, still no date for assessment....I won't hold my breath!

Indie_Kid

Sue - if this was me, I'd complain personally and explain that due to him being Autistic, he needs quite a bit more notice than 2 hours for no show.

Blackpool_Saver

Can they not do a paper based assessment?

benniebert

Blackpool_Saver wrote: »

Can they not do a paper based assessment?

They could, but it is fairly rare. Much better to see the claimant and get the information direct from them.


Anyhow the whole purpose of PIP was to put in place a system that almost everybody has a face to face assessment and that re-assessments are carried out at short/medium intervals.
Otherwise we might as well not bothered, wasting public money and carried on as before with DLA, which we all know was wide open to possible abuse.

Indie_Kid

Blackpool_Saver wrote: »

Can they not do a paper based assessment?

They sometimes do if they feel they have enough information. However, (ignoring people whose condition is terminal, in which case they're exempt from the face to face) I understand this is rare.

It may be worth Sue getting her son's GP involved and explaining his situation.

SingleSue

They had plenty of information, including a report from CAF/social services detailing his difficulty with communication and change, his statement (full one to one for 25 hours a week), specialist reports..you name it, they had it!

*Whether they have read them is another thing.....*

Jumping through hoops is a way of life unfortunately and although it is hard for him, in other ways, it is something he will need to get used to as I won't live forever and he will have to learn coping mechanisms to deal with things like this eventually.

Just wish they wouldn't keep moving the blooming dates and blowing all the prep and coping skills out of the water!

Blackpool_Saver

benniebert wrote: »

They could, but it is fairly rare. Much better to see the claimant and get the information direct from them.


Anyhow the whole purpose of PIP was to put in place a system that almost everybody has a face to face assessment and that re-assessments are carried out at short/medium intervals.
Otherwise we might as well not bothered, wasting public money and carried on as before with DLA, which we all know was wide open to possible abuse.

Of course it is better, but it is not always possible.