P.I.P. timescales...

reddeviljo

Shisha wrote: »

I have just came off the phone from Atos where I was told to wait my turn it will be between 12 and 14 weeks till I get my assessment. I tried to say that as I live between Aberdeen and Dundee either one of these would be fine for face to face

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she wasn't interested she said that I had only been waiting since January and that was not long. So I think I will probably not phone again for a while I felt intimidated by her.

Thats awful they made you feel that way!! Ring back and just tell them you are willing to travel alittle further, hopefully next time you ring you will get someone nice on phone cx

jen0dorf

Ok

I've got my decision :T

However it seems to have opened the flood gates for loads more,

It appears that getting PIPS is a sort of passport to other benefits.

Just had a letter and they have backdated my other benefit to 40 weeks ago and I didn't even asked them to do so.

In reality didn't know I was entitled to task for a back payment
So perhaps the stress has been worth it -

felt really good pay off the credit card I've lived on for 40 weeks!!!!

Ian

mrstups

last week dwp told me they are waiting for clarification from Atos regarding hubbys pip claim, Atos never received any request, rang dwp today who now tell me they havnt sent for anything and should have a decision soon as theyve had hard copy since 22/04/14, claim started on 05/08/2013 so really hoping for a decision soon.

redjan

Great news DWP :T received my report 2nd May so hopefully mine wont be to long now

serendipity2706

jen0dorf wrote: »

Ok

I've got my decision :T
Ian

excellent news- hope it's what you expected

serendipity2706

redjan wrote: »

Great news DWP :T received my report 2nd May so hopefully mine wont be to long now

Next week some time hopefully:T

crisscross_12

Still no news ...urghhhhh :mad:

Indie_Kid

jen0dorf wrote: »

Ok

I've got my decision :T

However it seems to have opened the flood gates for loads more,

It appears that getting PIPS is a sort of passport to other benefits.

Just had a letter and they have backdated my other benefit to 40 weeks ago and I didn't even asked them to do so.

In reality didn't know I was entitled to task for a back payment
So perhaps the stress has been worth it -

felt really good pay off the credit card I've lived on for 40 weeks!!!!

Ian

Congratulations!:T

PIP (and other benefits) are backdated to the date of the claim, regardless of how long it takes. On the condition that you send the forms back by the requested date.

If you receive any income based benefits, you may be entitled to disability premiums within those benefits. Your backdated PIP isn't counted as savings for a year.

The backpay is done automatically.

mrstups

spoke to dwp again, they said theyve defo queried something with Atos (Atos still say they havnt) but the guy from dwp i spoke to said the query is in relation to how long the award will be, does anyone think that this is positive x

serendipity2706

mrstups wrote: »

spoke to dwp again, they said theyve defo queried something with Atos (Atos still say they havnt) but the guy from dwp i spoke to said the query is in relation to how long the award will be, does anyone think that this is positive x

Well, it means youre getting something