Mandatory Reconsideration

Hi, I was awarded the Standard Rate of care and Standard Rate of Mobility on my PIP. I was born with Cerebral Palsy and as I have got older my balance and mobility have become very restricted and difficult . I was previously on an indefinite Higher Component of DLA , and had a Motability vehicle for the past 13 yrs. As I have only been awarded 10 points for mobility under pip I have subsequently lost my car.

I am quite happy with the care component of my PIP award and have received this for an ongoing period, but i have asked for a Mandatory Reconsideration of the Mobility Section of my award. I submitted all my written evidence and Drs, Podiatory, and other various reports before my 4 week period was up. My deadline was the 12 March. I was just wondering if anyone had any idea how long after your deadline it takes the DWP to look at Reconsiderations. If anyone has any advice on this I would appreciate it as I don't really want to phone up as I might put a spanner in the works. .
Thanks x

Joolz21 wrote: Hi, I was awarded the Standard Rate of care and Standard Rate of Mobility on my PIP. I was born with Cerebral Palsy and as I have got older my balance and mobility have become very restricted and difficult . I was previously on an indefinite Higher Component of DLA , and had a Motability vehicle for the past 13 yrs. As I have only been awarded 10 points for mobility under pip I have subsequently lost my car.

I am quite happy with the care component of my PIP award and have received this for an ongoing period, but i have asked for a Mandatory Reconsideration of the Mobility Section of my award. I submitted all my written evidence and Drs, Podiatory, and other various reports before my 4 week period was up. My deadline was the 12 March. I was just wondering if anyone had any idea how long after your deadline it takes the DWP to look at Reconsiderations. If anyone has any advice on this I would appreciate it as I don't really want to phone up as I might put a spanner in the works. .
Thanks x

Hi J21,

Welcome to Benefits and Work Forum

Sorry to hear that you lost your Motability car !!

This is happening to quite a lot of people on transferring to PIP.

Are you aware of : This ?

MR's usually take 4-8 weeks, but there is no stipulated time limit on how long they can take !

I will post the following generic PIP MR/Appeals advice, you may find some of the information helpful:

You have one month from the date of the PIP Decision Notice letter to make a written request for a Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) of the PIP decision.

Sending Documents to the DWP.

You could also ring the PIP Helpline :

Telephone: 0345 850 3322
Textphone: 0345 601 6677
Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm

To request a copy of The PA4 (PA3 If a face to face did not take place) PIP Medical Report compiled by the PIP Assessor at your face to face and sent to The DWP PIP DM to be used when the DM came to their decision.

If you have any problems obtaining The PA4 with a verbal request, you can make a written request which should be done as a separate issue to any MR request :

You can do this using a SAR Form :

SAR Form Download

From this page :

DWP Data Protection Policy

Or you can make the request in the form of a letter, as long as you make it clear that you are making a formal SAR under The Data Protection Act 1998.

Address the envelope : FAO The Data Controller, at the Benefits Office dealing with your PIP.

Write DPA 1998 SAR in front, top, left corner of envelope.

Once received, they have 40 calendar days to comply.

You should not miss your one month deadline if The PA4 or any other supporting evidence that you may be awaiting has not arrived.

You can make comment that you have requested this and will submit further evidence if applicable when you receive it.

Once you have The PA4, you can then pose any counter arguments to the PIP Assessors recommendations.

e.g. If they are stating that you can carry out a particular PIP Activity, has it been taken into account that to be classed as being able to carry out a PIP Activity, you must be able to do so Reliably and Safely for The Majority of Days

If the Assessor has stated that they witnessed you Walking a set distance have they taken into account the above, the time it took you to do so, and any pain, discomfort and breathless, etc that you may have suffered whilst doing so ? etc, etc, etc !!

You should also concentrate on reiterating where and why you should have scored the extra points with respect to the applicable PIP Activities and the appropriate scoring PIP Descriptor for that Activity, whilst cross-referencing to any medical evidence that you have, or may have already provided which indicates that you should have.

You should be aware that when you request an MR, any current PIP Awards, Daily Living and/or Mobility, that you might have, can be increased, reduced or taken away altogether, as they will look at the whole PIP Awards afresh.

Obviously if you have no current PIP Award, there is no risk involved.

See : PIP MR/Appeals Guidance.

Disability Rights UK Factsheet - Appeals and Mandatory Reconsiderations.

Once you have gone through The MR Process, if you are still unsuccessful, you have one month from the date of The MR Decision Notice Letter to appeal directly to The Tribunal Service. (TS)

You should do this using one copy of The MR Notice letter (keep the othercopy) and the : SSCS 1 Form (Download Link)

All this is explained in our PIP Appeals Guidance

See also : PIP Self Test

PIP Points Scoring System

&

PIP Claims Guide. (2nd Link down the page)

You should Bookmark/Favourite this page in your Internet Browser now.

That way you can return to this topic easily to pose any further queries that you may have by replying to the topic.

See : This Topic also !

Thanks in anticipation of your future co-operation in keeping all your PIP related queries to this topic !

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