DLA due to expire

couchie

Just to add to the advice already given, PIP is only live on the UK mainland, if this does not apply to you then I would expect it to be a DLA renewal, the requirement to chase the DWP about it applies wherever you are.

Gordon

couchie wrote: Hello again

Thank you for your quick replies.

Sorry for the confusion (on my part). I was looking through my paperwork to find a contact number for the DWP. I came across a letter from them saying my award now runs until the 22nd April 2016. Not as they originally stated, January 2016. I forgot all about it until I came across it this morning.

But I would still like to ask advice. They say in the letter I have no need to contact them, they will be in touch in plenty of time. By the way the letter is presented it seems I may be "invited" to apply for PIP when the time comes. How long should I wait before I give them a nudge? Bearing in mind I need some time to fill out forms, owing to my dyspraxia, I usually seek assistance from outside agencies.

Thank you again for your advice so far.
Regards,
Chris

I would expect them to contact you about 20 weeks in advance of your claim ending, by my calculation that would mean that you should receive the invitation letter in about two weeks time.

The thing to keep an eye on is your DLA payments, the initial letter will give you four weeks to start a claim, if you do not then you will receive a second letter giving you a further four week to make a claim, your DLA will be suspended at this point, so as long as you are still receiving your DLA you are good.

If you have not heard anything by the end of this year, then I would chase them, providing you meet all of the deadlines associated with a PIP claim, your DLA will remain in payment until four weeks after a Decision on your PIP claim is made, even if this means that they have to extend your current DLA award to do this.

Gordon