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ESA + PIP questionaires ? How often do they change (eg every few years?)

gemmaking
gemmaking Posts: 422 Forumite
edited 26 June 2015 at 10:16AM in Disability money matters
For the ESA50 Questionnaire, and the PIP questionnaire which they post to you, and you answer questions relating to how your illness affects you in everyday tasks (cooking, cleaning, moving around etc),

Then how often does this department 'renew' this questionnaire so that it is amended from the previous one? (even if the base questions would be similar)

By 2016-2017 next year, how may times would the PIP questionnaire have been amended?

and also the ESA Esa50 amended?




and with the 'newer' versions, are the questions likely to change by much ?

Comments

  • merlin68
    merlin68 Posts: 2,405 Forumite
    My award for esa was for a year and a half. Didnt need a medical.
  • rogerblack
    rogerblack Posts: 9,446 Forumite
    gemmaking wrote: »
    By 2016-2017 next year, how may times would the PIP questionnaire have been amended?

    I can't think of a reason why you'd care.
    In short - they rarely change the forms other than due to either court decisions clarifying the law is other than they are outlining on forms, or new law changing entitlement conditions.

    If you actually mean 'can I pre-prepare my answers' - then yes - the changes will in almost all cases be minor, and even if they are not, most will be re-usable.
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