PIP mobility question

[Deleted User]

poppy12345 said:

Deleted_User said:

poppy12345 said:

It's an online portal and you log in and fill it online. You can save your progress and return to it when you wish. Evidence is sent through this too i believe.

You do not get a choice whether you can apply this way, you get asked. There's currently a maximum of 2,500 people per week that can claim this way. When you think of how many people apply, that's actually a very small amount of people being offered the pilot.

OK so how do I register to get asked to use this method? 

You can't ask to use this online feature. When you apply for PIP if you're one of the 2500 per week then you will be asked if you would like to apply online or to receive the usual form in the post. If you can't use the phone to start your claim then you'll need to apply by post. I've never heard of anyone starting a claim through email.

So it's random?
Not very promising 

poppy12345

Deleted_User said:

poppy12345 said:

Deleted_User said:

poppy12345 said:

It's an online portal and you log in and fill it online. You can save your progress and return to it when you wish. Evidence is sent through this too i believe.

You do not get a choice whether you can apply this way, you get asked. There's currently a maximum of 2,500 people per week that can claim this way. When you think of how many people apply, that's actually a very small amount of people being offered the pilot.

OK so how do I register to get asked to use this method? 

You can't ask to use this online feature. When you apply for PIP if you're one of the 2500 per week then you will be asked if you would like to apply online or to receive the usual form in the post. If you can't use the phone to start your claim then you'll need to apply by post. I've never heard of anyone starting a claim through email.

So it's random?
Not very promising 

Yes, i did advise this in a previous comment. There's only a maximum of 2500 people per week that are chosen for this because it's a pilot, which means it's a trial at the moment.

You can still start your claim by post but it will take even longer at the moment because of the huge postal delays. They will then send you the PIP1, which will be the basic claim form (this is what they fill in when you claim by phone) Once they receive this form they will then send you the PIP2. (how your disability affects you form) Unless you're one of the chosen ones for the online pilot.

I have only heard of several people that have used the online version.

[Deleted User]

poppy12345 said:

Deleted_User said:

poppy12345 said:

Deleted_User said:

poppy12345 said:

It's an online portal and you log in and fill it online. You can save your progress and return to it when you wish. Evidence is sent through this too i believe.

You do not get a choice whether you can apply this way, you get asked. There's currently a maximum of 2,500 people per week that can claim this way. When you think of how many people apply, that's actually a very small amount of people being offered the pilot.

OK so how do I register to get asked to use this method? 

You can't ask to use this online feature. When you apply for PIP if you're one of the 2500 per week then you will be asked if you would like to apply online or to receive the usual form in the post. If you can't use the phone to start your claim then you'll need to apply by post. I've never heard of anyone starting a claim through email.

So it's random?
Not very promising 

Yes, i did advise this in a previous comment. There's only a maximum of 2500 people per week that are chosen for this because it's a pilot, which means it's a trial at the moment.

You can still start your claim by post but it will take even longer at the moment because of the huge postal delays. They will then send you the PIP1, which will be the basic claim form (this is what they fill in when you claim by phone) Once they receive this form they will then send you the PIP2. (how your disability affects you form) Unless you're one of the chosen ones for the online pilot.

I have only heard of several people that have used the online version.

I am in no great hurry to get this done
It is something that I would prefer to have control over and have been waiting for 8 or 9 years for..... 

[Deleted User]

poppy12345 said:

Deleted_User said:

poppy12345 said:

Deleted_User said:

poppy12345 said:

It's an online portal and you log in and fill it online. You can save your progress and return to it when you wish. Evidence is sent through this too i believe.

You do not get a choice whether you can apply this way, you get asked. There's currently a maximum of 2,500 people per week that can claim this way. When you think of how many people apply, that's actually a very small amount of people being offered the pilot.

OK so how do I register to get asked to use this method? 

You can't ask to use this online feature. When you apply for PIP if you're one of the 2500 per week then you will be asked if you would like to apply online or to receive the usual form in the post. If you can't use the phone to start your claim then you'll need to apply by post. I've never heard of anyone starting a claim through email.

So it's random?
Not very promising 

Yes, i did advise this in a previous comment. There's only a maximum of 2500 people per week that are chosen for this because it's a pilot, which means it's a trial at the moment.

You can still start your claim by post but it will take even longer at the moment because of the huge postal delays. They will then send you the PIP1, which will be the basic claim form (this is what they fill in when you claim by phone) Once they receive this form they will then send you the PIP2. (how your disability affects you form) Unless you're one of the chosen ones for the online pilot.

I have only heard of several people that have used the online version.

Presumably any rise in benefits will be backdated to my application date? 

RobinHill

Deleted_User: Nope :-( Though if you happen to live in constituencies of the incumbent administration then you might find the processing times shorter than those that aren't.

[Deleted User]

RobinHill said:

Deleted_User: Nope :-( Though if you happen to live in constituencies of the incumbent administration then you might find the processing times shorter than those that aren't.

So you are saying no backdated claims?
That can't be correct
Tht implies that ttey can take their time dealing with new claimants at no cost to themselves? 
And how do I know where the "incumbent admin constituencies" are? 

RobinHill

Deleted_User: Yup ... my sentiment entirely and it is disgraceful ... mine took nine months end to end whereas I know of other areas taking far less. Call me skeptical if you wish but they just so happen to be Conservative constituencies. Just use postcodes etc to lookup which party holds the office for that area. I add however that such sentiments were in the main not supported by members on here ... quoting for eg. that would I be happy to take the backdate if my award was cut and owe money back. That argument doesn't stack up to me.

[Deleted User]

RobinHill said:

Deleted_User: Yup ... my sentiment entirely and it is disgraceful ... mine took nine months end to end whereas I know of other areas taking far less. Call me skeptical if you wish but they just so happen to be Conservative constituencies. Just use postcodes etc to lookup which party holds the office for that area. I add however that such sentiments were in the main not supported by members on here ... quoting for eg. that would I be happy to take the backdate if my award was cut and owe money back. That argument doesn't stack up to me.

I live in a Tory constituency too - but if I apply via "normal" methods and don't get an offer to continue on-line - I am stuck - can't speak on the phone and can't write legibly either ..

Spoonie_Turtle

Deleted_User said:

RobinHill said:

Deleted_User: Yup ... my sentiment entirely and it is disgraceful ... mine took nine months end to end whereas I know of other areas taking far less. Call me skeptical if you wish but they just so happen to be Conservative constituencies. Just use postcodes etc to lookup which party holds the office for that area. I add however that such sentiments were in the main not supported by members on here ... quoting for eg. that would I be happy to take the backdate if my award was cut and owe money back. That argument doesn't stack up to me.

I live in a Tory constituency too - but if I apply via "normal" methods and don't get an offer to continue on-line - I am stuck - can't speak on the phone and can't write legibly either ..

We've been through this.  You have options.  If you want to apply, you'll have to make use of one of them.  Presumably your wife can help with the actual writing (and there's a box on the form specifically asking whether you needed help with the form) and there are still textphone and Relay options if you have your textphone to plug back in.  Actually Relay UK works on a computer without a phone too.  For the PIP2 you can, as has already been pointed out, type up the answers to print off and attach to the form itself, with minimal writing required with which, presumably, your wife can help.

Yes online would be ideal, but is the principle of independence worth possibly hundreds of pounds while time is ticking away before they get it together to offer full online application?  (That's a rhetorical question, and your own answer may possibly be different from mine.)

Alice_Holt

Spoonie_Turtle said:

Deleted_User said:

RobinHill said:

Deleted_User: Yup ... my sentiment entirely and it is disgraceful ... mine took nine months end to end whereas I know of other areas taking far less. Call me skeptical if you wish but they just so happen to be Conservative constituencies. Just use postcodes etc to lookup which party holds the office for that area. I add however that such sentiments were in the main not supported by members on here ... quoting for eg. that would I be happy to take the backdate if my award was cut and owe money back. That argument doesn't stack up to me.

I live in a Tory constituency too - but if I apply via "normal" methods and don't get an offer to continue on-line - I am stuck - can't speak on the phone and can't write legibly either ..

We've been through this.  You have options.  If you want to apply, you'll have to make use of one of them.  Presumably your wife can help with the actual writing (and there's a box on the form specifically asking whether you needed help with the form) and there are still textphone and Relay options if you have your textphone to plug back in.  Actually Relay UK works on a computer without a phone too.  For the PIP2 you can, as has already been pointed out, type up the answers to print off and attach to the form itself, with minimal writing required with which, presumably, your wife can help.

Yes online would be ideal, but is the principle of independence worth possibly hundreds of pounds while time is ticking away before they get it together to offer full online application?  (That's a rhetorical question, and your own answer may possibly be different from mine.)

      This thread reminds of a similar one a little while back about DLA to PIP and difficulty ordering / completing the form due to communication disabilities.

       Perhaps someone with better searching skills than I, can link to that thread. It might be of benefit to the OP.

IIRC that poster went by a name similar to Truncle.