Does PIP get backdated to claim date?

Aura

MR don't work and always go to tribunal so i'm told.

Spoonie_Turtle

Aura wrote: »

MR don't work and always go to tribunal so i'm told.

That's not really very helpful. Statistically speaking so far that is the case, but more cases are being reviewed before appeal now so even if a mandatory reconsideration is unsuccessful, there is a chance just appealing it will trigger a review and it doesn't go all the way to a tribunal. And even if it does, tribunal outcomes are usually fair so people recieve all the entitlement backdated to the original claim date.

oshb5

Hi All
Iv seen you cannot get backdates for pip of you already on DLA which to me is not quite fair. Because you are losing out. As I was on low dla low care and high mobility And Aplied for pip at the end of aug. And finally got a decision on the 8th of Dec so that is close to 12 weeks Iv missed out on at a extra £35 a week. Also. They have said My dla finishes on the 8th of jan so another 4 weeks at a extra£35 missed out on. Then they are starting to pay pip from 30th Jan. So around £576 missed out on because you cannot get pip at the same time. No wonder they take their time on Chang over’s.

poppy12345

oshb5 wrote: »

Hi All
Iv seen you cannot get backdates for pip of you already on DLA which to me is not quite fair. Because you are losing out. As I was on low dla low care and high mobility And Aplied for pip at the end of aug. And finally got a decision on the 8th of Dec so that is close to 12 weeks Iv missed out on at a extra £35 a week. Also. They have said My dla finishes on the 8th of jan so another 4 weeks at a extra£35 missed out on. Then they are starting to pay pip from 30th Jan. So around £576 missed out on because you cannot get pip at the same time. No wonder they take their time on Chang over’s.

These have always been the rules, from day one. You can't expect to receive both DLA and PIP at the same time. If you weren't awarded PIP, you wouldn't expect to have to pay back your DLA money from the date you applied for PIP would you?

Tangerinetwirly

No one expecting to be paid DLA and PIP at the same time. But we should have the PIP minus what we have been paid in DLA backdated to original claim date. My husband put in his PIP claim in October. He's only just got his award today and it doesn't start til 20th May. So it's taken 7months. His first PIP payment won't be made til 16th June. That's 31 weeks where the DWP have dragged their heels. Saving the DWP approx £1120 (the difference between what was paid in DLA and what would have been paid in PIP.). 

Hardly seems right. If he hadn't bn receiving DLA he'd have had PIP backdated to October. 

poppy12345

Tangerinetwirly said:

No one expecting to be paid DLA and PIP at the same time. But we should have the PIP minus what we have been paid in DLA backdated to original claim date. My husband put in his PIP claim in October. He's only just got his award today and it doesn't start til 20th May. So it's taken 7months. His first PIP payment won't be made til 16th June. That's 31 weeks where the DWP have dragged their heels. Saving the DWP approx £1120 (the difference between what was paid in DLA and what would have been paid in PIP.). 

Hardly seems right. If he hadn't bn receiving DLA he'd have had PIP backdated to October. 

You have posted on the end of a very old thread that started in 2014.

I don't know why you think you should receive the difference between PIP and DLA award. Your partner had the option of reporting a change of circumstances if his condition had got worse to start the PIP process off sooner.

Unfortunately, backlogs cause delays and he wasn't the only person claiming PIP. Thankfully, he's been successfully awarded, many people are refused and their DLA ends leaving them with nothing. They then have to go through the very long process of MR then Tribunal which could take about 18 months in total.