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You're right and your award should have been extended. You need to ring them but do be aware waiting times could be long when ringing.
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Ostrava said:poppy12345 said:You're right and your award should have been extended. You need to ring them but do be aware waiting times could be long when ringing.
I'm just wondering. My form had to be in by March 19th, but the government said the benefits extension was effective from March 24th. I wonder if they will say because they already sent my claim off to the assessors before March 24th that the claim is out of their hands. But the actual claim end date was April 10th, so it seems to me it's the DWP's responsibility to fix this.
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Ostrava said:Just finished the call. The first advisor I spoke to said all claims had been extended by 6 months. I was then passed to a case manager who said that because the forms had already been sent off I'm not eligible for an extension. I told her that I should be eligible, as the government announced the extensions would be valid from March 24th, and my claim ended on April 10th. They could not agree to anything on the phone and are going to call me back later. I'd appreciate any advice in the meantime. I feel like I am definitely in the right here.
I'm not an expert but I'd just like to wish you all the best with this. It must be hard.1 -
I’ve seen lots of people say the same on FaceBook that they have been told of it was awarded via tribunal it would be included in the three month extension.0
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Ostrava said:Just had the call back. They are refusing to extend my PIP award, on the basis that the tribunal decision gave a specific end date, and that they are powerless to extend this date. I told them that this distinction was not made by the government when it made the announcement about the extensions, and I asked for the specific wording of the advice given to the DWP. She said there was no specific advice in relation to tribunal awards with a fixed end date. I then asked why she was not extending my award, given that there was no specific advice regarding such cases. At this point she just kept reading out the guidance for new claims and the call went round in circles. I will now write to my MP as I don't see any other option at this point. Frankly I'm disgusted.Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Some rules may be different in other parts of UK.0
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Ostrava said:...my claim had been sent to "independent assessment provider" whoever that is, and that I would have to wait until I heard from them. I have not received any mail regarding this at all.
The DWP used to send out the renewal forms/invitations about a year before the end of an award which was much too soon. More recently they have only be sending them out about 14 weeks before the end which is too late because they often taken longer than that to reach a decision (seven before coronavirus).
The problem wouldn't arise if PIP was set up like ESA to be ongoing until reassessed instead of having a definite end date.Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Some rules may be different in other parts of UK.0 -
Good luck, usually getting an MP involved can really help to get a positive result.The bigger the bargain, the better I feel.
I should mention that there's only one of me, don't confuse me with others of the same name.1 -
Well done - perseverance can pay off, although not always as quickly as we might like.All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.
Pedant alert - it's could have, not could of.0
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