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PIP Mandatory Reconsideration timescale
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In terms of current timescales typically - 10 to 12 weeks for the Mandatory Reconsideration Notice from the DWP.
Then, say, 6 - 7 months for a tribunal hearing (if the MRN does not change the original decision).
It will vary from region to region (particularly tribunal waits), and both will vary over time as appeal volumes fluctuate and staff resources at the DWP / Tribunal Service change.
Strangely, successful MRN's seem to be returned more quickly than unsuccessful MRN's (on average, less than 10 weeks). And of course there is then no wait for a tribunal.
Edited to cause less annoyance to the OP.
No annoyance was intended, merely an intention to help a forumite facing the stressful experience of having to challenge / appeal a DWP PIP decision.
However a compelling MR can still succeed. Particularly one with strong new medical evidence attached, and a clear explanation of why an award should have been given in terms of the PIP descriptors.
I knew I was fortunate with my MR anyway, to get a DM doing their job properly, but perhaps I was even more fortunate than I'd realised!
I appreciate that you are trying to help and probably meant to contribute.
I don't want to be rude to you, but I am extremely tired and need positivity and some kind of hope right now. I don't want to continue this pointless debate as it is a distraction from my original question. Thank you.
I don't see why I should need to broaden the premise of advice sought. If I wanted confirmation of general guidelines, this could be found on other threads or on the gov. written sites. I was and am looking for specific recent experiences.
However-thank you for your comments, which are helpful to myself and I'm sure others.
Thank you.
In terms of other documents people can supply, remember, PIP isn't based on diagnosis, instead it's dependent on impact, and in particular the financial impact. PIP, under statute, is there to support folks to meet any additional costs that arise as a direct result of their disability. This is the prime criteria, how much does your disability cost you (charges for therapy, cab fares, employing a cleaner, etc). All you have to do is look at the Act. From my experience of the last 18 months, the DWP are operating outside of this Act. When it comes down to it, therefore, the solution is monumentally simple, do you have receipts? The rest is just gravy.
In other words, it's the responsibility of the DWP to ensure they're complying with the intention / spirit / terms of the Act, and if this means that they need to seek additional evidence, well, that's on them. But here's what they can't do, ignore the written 'evidence' of the applicant in favour of the 'opinion' of the assessor. The former must stand as fact and the latter as interpretation. This is basically the law.
^^ Perhaps the OP would have found a comment that put the ball in the right court, so to speak, more helpful. It's a grind applying for PIP, especially for the first time. The reason I ended up helping 4 different people (+ 1 that's currently outstanding) is that I had enough distance to not take it (i.e. the responses of the DWP) personally. I'm not an advice worker, although in a former life I was a lawyer, and after the first success more folks asked for help. Once I realised what the problem was, i.e. assessors using their shonky knowledge to form wholly inappropriate opinions and the DWP operating outside of the Act and statutory guidance, it became relatively easy to challenge their decisions.
Hope it goes ok SAP.
I have nothing to contribute to the topic nor any particular questions to ask but came onto the thread to get a better understanding of what might happen should I end up with a MR at my next review or in the future.