I had dla for mobility only. I applied for pip after a change due to needing care. I recieved a pip questionare in july filled in and returned. Had my medical in october. Have just recieved a letter to say my dla will end in november and that i am getting higer rates starting in november Does anyone know if i should have had this backdated or will ringing up about it create more problems
andrew wrote: I had dla for mobility only. I applied for pip after a change due to needing care. I recieved a pip questionare in july filled in and returned. Had my medical in october. Have just recieved a letter to say my dla will end in november and that i am getting higer rates starting in november Does anyone know if i should have had this backdated or will ringing up about it create more problems
I'm afraid as your DLA remained in payment, there will be no back dating of the PIP award.
The Government's argument is that as the intention of PIP is to reduce the disability budget by at least 20%, many claimants will see a reduced award or even no award at all and if they applied the backdating rules these claimants would have to pay their overpaid benefits back, this is of course rubbish, the legislation could have been worded to avoid this, but it wasn't.
Gordon
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