The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that there were 392,000 outstanding award assessments for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in England and Wales at the end of May. PIP claimants living in Scotland will not have their award assessed by the DWP as their case will transfer to Adult Disability Payment (ADP) before … Read more
More than 74,000 people on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) could be waiting years for a boost to their benefits. A huge backlog of assessments of existing PIP awards means people could face delays of up to 10 years before they get the right amounts. This could also mean that 78,000 people are still receiving PIP … Read more
A staggering 250,000 people applied for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) between January and April 2024, the Department for Work and Pensions has revealed. This equates to an average of more than 80,000 new claims per month. The spike in PIP applications has led to a flood of questions about the duration of PIP awards and … Read more
More people have claimed unemployment benefits in the first four months of this year than ever before, according to statistics published by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Health experts have warned that whichever party oversees benefits will have to break the “vicious cycle” that is leaving more and more people too sick to … Read more
Increases in the state pension age have contributed to a rise in the number of Brits claiming working age benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), new research shows. The Resolution Foundation’s ‘Under Strain’ report shows that real spending on these payments has risen by a third over the past decade and disability … Read more
A woman who suffers from anxiety and depression which led to two suicide attempts has told how she was turned down for a Personal Independent Payment (PIP) because she “had a university degree” and smiled during the assessment. Kate, 38, got her PIP payments back after a tribunal but told off i she now lives … Read more
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced a possible shake-up to Personal Independence Payments (PIP), which could see direct cash payments scrapped in favor of alternatives such as vouchers. The proposals were unveiled to revamp the existing framework as part of the Modernizing Support for Independent Living: The Green Paper on Health and … Read more
Ahead of a potential shake-up that could see cash payments replaced by vouchers, PIP recipients are being presented with eight different payment options. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has unveiled proposals to overhaul the existing system in its ‘Modernizing Support for Independent Living: The Green Paper on Health and Disability’. The DWP said: … Read more