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Another DLA to PIP question

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  • merlin68
    merlin68 Posts: 2,405 Forumite
    26 weeks is the current time they are taking.
  • poppy12345
    poppy12345 Posts: 18,973 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    merlin68 wrote: »
    26 weeks is the current time they are taking.
    26 weeks is what DWP tell you but people are waiting 1 year for their assessment for PIP. The back log is huge.
  • rogerblack
    rogerblack Posts: 9,446 Forumite
    poppy12345 wrote: »
    26 weeks is what DWP tell you but people are waiting 1 year for their assessment for PIP. The back log is huge.

    The claim was made by the minister back in September, that the backlog would be sorted by the beginning of the year.
    I have doubts.
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