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9 years 5 months ago #144815 by portslade
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A friend got his ESA form 3 weeks ago; this is SDA to ESA conversion. He came off income support about 3 months ago due to inheriting some money. 3 days ago he got a letter out of the blue saying his DLA had been suspended as they had contacted him several times about making a PIP claim. No such contact had been made, though. Now he has both dreaded forms to complete at the same time and DLA suspended without warning. Does anyone have any experience of this sort of situation where they claim to have contacted but have not?
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9 years 5 months ago #144825 by Gordon
A claimant's DLA will be suspended if they have not made a claim for PIP by the required date, providing they start a claim within the next four weeks their DLA will be put back into payment and any missed payments made.
As your friend has now received a PIP2 form to complete, I assume it is a PIP2 and not a PIP1, then they must have started their claim, so their DLA should now be re-instated.
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portslade wrote: A friend got his ESA form 3 weeks ago; this is SDA to ESA conversion. He came off income support about 3 months ago due to inheriting some money. 3 days ago he got a letter out of the blue saying his DLA had been suspended as they had contacted him several times about making a PIP claim. No such contact had been made, though. Now he has both dreaded forms to complete at the same time and DLA suspended without warning. Does anyone have any experience of this sort of situation where they claim to have contacted but have not?
A claimant's DLA will be suspended if they have not made a claim for PIP by the required date, providing they start a claim within the next four weeks their DLA will be put back into payment and any missed payments made.
As your friend has now received a PIP2 form to complete, I assume it is a PIP2 and not a PIP1, then they must have started their claim, so their DLA should now be re-instated.
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9 years 5 months ago #144832 by portslade
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PIP form has not been received, just the letter suspending his DLA and telling him he must apply for PIP by 12th December.
My concern is about them claiming he has been contacted when no such contact was received.
My concern is about them claiming he has been contacted when no such contact was received.
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9 years 5 months ago #144837 by Gordon
Arguing about whether they received the original invitation to claim PIP is secondary to their making a claim for PIP, if they don't do so by 12 December then their DLA claim will be closed.
Contact information to make a new claim for PIP is on the following link
www.gov.uk/pip/how-to-claim
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portslade wrote: PIP form has not been received, just the letter suspending his DLA and telling him he must apply for PIP by 12th December.
My concern is about them claiming he has been contacted when no such contact was received.
Arguing about whether they received the original invitation to claim PIP is secondary to their making a claim for PIP, if they don't do so by 12 December then their DLA claim will be closed.
Contact information to make a new claim for PIP is on the following link
www.gov.uk/pip/how-to-claim
Gordon
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