dla taking hubby mobility car back. advice plz

mumof3mk

so in reality, its their fault. surely this cant be right thou

mumof3mk

yes they sent out form, so they say.............. but why not before claim is due to expire, do they not inform you to say, claim is nearly up and we still not had any correspondence from you etc.......
not asking to be slated, just want some advice, this is a very stressful time for us.

cbrown372

longtomboy wrote: »

I think you have had good advice so far. I doubt very much if an argument with the DWP about why they didn't remind you to send the claim from back will hold any water. You now have a ceased DLA claim. You can no longer make another DLA claim. You will have to telephone the DWP and apply for PIP and everything that goes with it unfortunately. Such is life.
I honestly can't remember the DWP ever writing to me over the years wanting to know why I haven't replied to one of their letters in a timely manner. I used to reply, taking the same length of time it took them to send their letter out in the first place. You seem to have a lot to learn about the workings of the DWP.

longtomboy wrote: »

Thankyou for that.
So it seems that if we (the ordinary punter in the street) don't make a claim out of ignorance or otherwise there is no backdating allowed, yet if the DWP/Council make a mess of things backdating is allowed?? Why are they allowed to make mistakes and have it one way, but for the rest of us who know !!!!!! all about benefits lose out?? Doesn't seem very fair to me.

You seem to be contradicting yourself and your knowledge of dealing with DWP so I suggest the OP ignores your posts in this thread, in fact I'd suggest that everyone ignores your posts full stop.