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4 years 7 months ago #236409 by magdelena
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Not wishing to hijack the thread so please move if I inadvertently do this but I was wondering what the DWP definitions of “ongoing” and “indefinitely” are?
And are they used in the same context for DLA, PIP and ESA?
And are they used in the same context for DLA, PIP and ESA?
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4 years 7 months ago - 4 years 7 months ago #236416 by BIS
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Hi Magdelena'
The term indefinite award was used for DLA. Many people had it and at the time there was an expectation this was a lifetime award.
The term ongoing award is used for PIP - Although most people believe that it is only people with enhanced awards are given ongoing awards - this is not the case. Ongoing awards are to receive a light touch review in ten years.
Indefinite and Ongoing are both used for ESA. ESA can be awarded indefinitely except where it is awarded for a single year and as you have already said in another thread they use the word ongoing to say that it will continue to be paid.
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The term indefinite award was used for DLA. Many people had it and at the time there was an expectation this was a lifetime award.
The term ongoing award is used for PIP - Although most people believe that it is only people with enhanced awards are given ongoing awards - this is not the case. Ongoing awards are to receive a light touch review in ten years.
Indefinite and Ongoing are both used for ESA. ESA can be awarded indefinitely except where it is awarded for a single year and as you have already said in another thread they use the word ongoing to say that it will continue to be paid.
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4 years 7 months ago #236559 by sitterum
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I’m just curious what is a light touch review and what does it entail?
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4 years 7 months ago #236562 by BIS
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Hi Steve G
You can read about it hear
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/3970-exis...ch-review-from-today
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You can read about it hear
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/3970-exis...ch-review-from-today
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4 years 7 months ago #236607 by phrank
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Hi there,
A short while ago I phoned the PIP helpline for something and eventually the light touch review thing came up in the conversation.
The call handler said that as my doctor had written a letter saying my problems were lifelong and because of my age, (i will be 65 when my current award is up for review just 6 months before I reach State Pension age) he thought the next review would be a light touch one. He said he thought it would just be a letter.
Now I'm not reading anything into this. I don't know if was just an opinion or it was something that he'd been told?
I won't draw any conclusions on this and so, like everyone else, will wait to see what happens, when the government finally get down to business, if ever they do.
Phrank.
A short while ago I phoned the PIP helpline for something and eventually the light touch review thing came up in the conversation.
The call handler said that as my doctor had written a letter saying my problems were lifelong and because of my age, (i will be 65 when my current award is up for review just 6 months before I reach State Pension age) he thought the next review would be a light touch one. He said he thought it would just be a letter.
Now I'm not reading anything into this. I don't know if was just an opinion or it was something that he'd been told?
I won't draw any conclusions on this and so, like everyone else, will wait to see what happens, when the government finally get down to business, if ever they do.
Phrank.
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4 years 7 months ago #236622 by sitterum
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Hi BIS,
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