Indefinite DLA

Just read on Rights Net that people on DLA indefinite will be asked to apply for PIP from 13th July 2015. They are starting with postcodes BB, BL, DE, LE, M, OL, PR, ST, WA and WN.
I understood that indefinites wouldn't start until October 2015.
I downloaded the .gov pip information. It's dated June 2015.
I guess this means the worry starts a few months earlier.

Unfortunately, this is very misleading, as I have indefinite dla and am postcode BS and my dreaded invitation letter arrived a few weeks ago dated 29/5. I have queries it and have been told they are randomly selecting indefinite awards all over the country, which proves that the government tell big fibs!!!! My deadline is 26/6 so I had to ring today to start my clam or my money would be stopped.

How unfair is it all???

bubbles wrote: Unfortunately, this is very misleading, as I have indefinite dla and am postcode BS and my dreaded invitation letter arrived a few weeks ago dated 29/5. I have queries it and have been told they are randomly selecting indefinite awards all over the country, which proves that the government tell big fibs!!!! My deadline is 26/6 so I had to ring today to start my clam or my money would be stopped.

How unfair is it all???

Hi b,

"big fibs" is putting it mildly !!!

Disregarding DLA to PIP transfer timetable, claimants with Life or Indefinite DLA Awards can be reviewed at any time under : The Right Payment Programme

If the DLA recipient was living in an Active PIP Postcode Area at the time of being reviewed, they would be reviewed under PIP criteria.

It seems that your Postcode, BS, was PIP Active from 28/05/15 :

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/3069-pip-...-out-to-49-new-areas

See also : PIP Self Test

&

PIP Claims Guide. (2nd Link on page)

Please keep us all updated.

bro58

Just to add to my previous comment. I rang dla first and they had no idea and told me that they are advised to tell people who ring and have indefinite awards that they won't be contacted until after October, so even the staff don't know. It took me a lot of phone calls and finally a returned call from a pip case manager who told me the above. I said that I wanted to challenge it as it was very misleading and unfair and possibly unlawful and he told me that if I don't phone by the 26/6 to initiate my claim for pip that my dla would be stopped and I wouldn't get it back as I wouldn't be able to put in a new claim.

He said that there was nothing he could do and that `my journey` to claiming pip had started!!!!

Hi bro58,

Yes, this is understandable re the review,but I specifically asked them if I was under review for dla or if there was a reason and I was told that the government have decided to randomly select some dla indefinites to invite to claim for pip and he made it sound like it was kind of a test group!