PIP upgrading letter

savemoney

My daughter started her PIP in Jan 2015 and now she has to reapply yet again having previous had DLA

50Twuncle

savemoney wrote: »

My daughter started her PIP in Jan 2015 and now she has to reapply yet again having previous had DLA

Why is that ?
Surely - once on PIP - She should be sorted for a minimum of 2 years ?

pmlindyloo

50Twuncle wrote: »

Why is that ?
Surely - once on PIP - She should be sorted for a minimum of 2 years ?

PIP reassessments can begin up to one year before your award date ends.

schrodie

50Twuncle wrote: »

So - they are sending them out ?
To ALL DLA claimants everywhere ?

Yes. Check THIS out

50Twuncle

schrodie wrote: »

Yes. Check THIS out

Thanks - but have you actually used the site that you linked to ?
It simply tells me that at some point in the future - I will be invited to apply for PIP !!
"
You can be contacted any time after 13 July 2015 to claim PIP. This includes if you have a long-term award of DLA or an indefinite award with no end date.
Not everyone will be contacted to claim PIP right away. You’ll continue to get DLA until DWP writes to you about when it will end."

pmlindyloo

Trawling through google this is the latest information I can find about DLA (indefinite and long awards) and transferring to PIP.

http://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/2015/august/further-roll-out-pip-those-long-term-or-indefinite-dla-award

It doesn't help much as it says only a selection of claimants will be contacted in the areas specified.

It is also possible that more postcodes have been added and the sites not updated.

Unless you have a change of circumstances which you know will entitle you to a higher rate of PIP, my advice continues to be not to contact them in advance.

schrodie

50Twuncle wrote: »

Thanks - but have you actually used the site that you linked to ?
It simply tells me that at some point in the future - I will be invited to apply for PIP !!
"
You can be contacted any time after 13 July 2015 to claim PIP. This includes if you have a long-term award of DLA or an indefinite award with no end date.
Not everyone will be contacted to claim PIP right away. You’ll continue to get DLA until DWP writes to you about when it will end."

Yes, so just wait until the DWP gets in touch with you to "invite" you to claim PIP, in the meantime you'll continue to receive DLA.