Completing PIP forms - Additional Sheets

I am filling in a PIP application at the moment which I need to get in the post in the next day or so. I have been using your guide to help me to do this and have a lot of information to fill in on the additional information section for most of the questions which will necessitate continuation pages. Can anyone tell me please – do you need to have everything handwritten or can continuation sheets be typed? Thank you for any help/information you can give me.

Hi

Yes you can type the info.

Just be sure to clearly label the info relevant to each question and make sure it is referred to properly as the DWP will use any pathetic excuse not to read submissions such as they can't read simple additional pages if they aren't clearly cross referenced. Even then they struggle!!

willow wrote: I am filling in a PIP application at the moment which I need to get in the post in the next day or so. I have been using your guide to help me to do this and have a lot of information to fill in on the additional information section for most of the questions which will necessitate continuation pages. Can anyone tell me please – do you need to have everything handwritten or can continuation sheets be typed? Thank you for any help/information you can give me.

Hi w,

There is nothing to stop you typing up your responses and evidence on separate A4 pages.

You should head each separate sheet with your Name, DOB, Date and NI Number and number each separate A4 1 of x, 2 of x, 3 of x, 4 of x, etc, etc, etc.

You can simply write in the space provided for each particular question in the PIP 2 Form, "See my response on separate added page number, 1 of x, 2 of x, 3 of x, etc, etc." (or words to that affect)

You can then attach the extra A4 pages to the back of the PIP 2 Form, you can use Treasury Tags or something similar to do this.

Remember to keep a copy of everything.

bro58

I had a face to face assessment several weeks ago. Three weeks later I got a letter from the DWP stating "We've now got the information and reports we need about your condition and how this affects you for your claim to Personal Independence Payment. We're sorry it's taken longer than expected to give you a decision on your claim but we'll contact you as soon as we've made a decision".

That was 2 weeks ago and I haven't had any other correspondence from the DWP. Can anyone tell me if this is what usually happens please? Thanks for your help.

Thanks Gordon, I appreciate you getting back to me so quickly. I will keep you updated when I hear anything else.