PIP Backdated seems too little

Alice_Holt

Hmm.

I'm now puzzled.
Normally the backdate covers the period from the DWP decision date to stop payments until the date of the tribunal (i.e when the tribunal decided that that DWP decision was incorrect).
The tribunal Decison Notice will provide both these dates.
So in your father's case this would be Oct '16 to 3rd Jan '18 (excluding any periods in hospital when your father became ineligible to receive PIP).

However, the DWP can take several weeks to re-instate PIP payments after the tribunal hearing.

So you may receive:
1) A payment for the period Oct '16 to Jan 3 '17
2) Ongoing 4 weekly payments (Given the tribunal was so recent, I wouldn't expect these to start until early / mid Feb)
3) A small lump sum payment covering the period between the date PIP was reinstated (Jan 3rd) and the date DWP actually manage to process the ongoing payments.

Your father may want to ring / write to the DWP asking them for breakdown of the payment, and why it doesn't appear to match the expected Oct '16 to 3 Jan '18 period.

Hoogle

I do not know living arrangements, but fortnightly pay is probably ESA and if living alone etc can also be topped up with a severe disability allowance.

My FOrtnightly ESA with premiums is £374
and then enhanced daily living and standard mobility 4 weekly paid pip of £420
total £1168 every 4 weeks

Scottlencross

Alice_Holt wrote: »

Hmm.

I'm now puzzled.
Normally the backdate covers the period from the DWP decision date to stop payments until the date of the tribunal (i.e when the tribunal decided that that DWP decision was incorrect).
The tribunal Decison Notice will provide both these dates.
So in your father's case this would be Oct '16 to 3rd Jan '18 (excluding any periods in hospital when your father became ineligible to receive PIP).

However, the DWP can take several weeks to re-instate PIP payments after the tribunal hearing.

So you may receive:
1) A payment for the period Oct '16 to Jan 3 '17
2) Ongoing 4 weekly payments (Given the tribunal was so recent, I wouldn't expect these to start until early / mid Feb)
3) A small lump sum payment covering the period between the date PIP was reinstated (Jan 3rd) and the date DWP actually manage to process the ongoing payments.

Your father may want to ring / write to the DWP asking them for breakdown of the payment, and why it doesn't appear to match the expected Oct '16 to 3 Jan '18 period.

Yeah we wanted to ring today but the systems are on the fritz on their end, gonna ring up monday and ask A) Breakdown on what were getting & when to expect payments to resume, & how we go about getting, what we assume is, the ESA reinstated (the fortnightly one).

Until then, i dont think i can actually do anything as we dont have enough information on the matter at our end. Thanks for the help though.

ct6464

Hi Everybody, I hope the following information helps. It reads like a mirror experience of mine following my recent PIP tribunal (though I know absolutely nothing about ESA).

I was awarded immediate re-instatement of original PIP claim, via tribunal last week, from January 2017 when DWP stopped payment (based on ATOS assessment), until October 2017 when my original claim was due for reassessment. DWP offered no defence as to why they had requested a health review and why my original claim was superceeded.

However, because PIP wasn't in payment in October, I was denied the opportunity to reapply. Hence I was advised to submit an immediate new claim for PIP, with the judges recommendation (should I recieve an award) it should be backdated to October 2017.

So basically you will only receive monies up to the period when the original claim would have expired. A new claim should be submitted immediately with request for a backdated decision.

Other than the backdated payment of PIP and missing premiums, there will be no change in regular income unless a reclaim is submitted and awarded.

The question is - do any of us that have recently won tribunal hearing really feel up to making a fresh claim??