PIP app without filling in form

Hi all

I posted the other week because I thought the DWP had confused my UC application with PIP. Basically, I've been receiving UC since July, been supplying fit notes since then, and am waiting for my LCW assessment. I had a letter from Capita, who I thought dealt with the LCW assessments in my area too, referring to my telephone assessment for PIP. I thought they'd just got it mixed up and thought nothing of it (stupidly). Had my phone assessment, it all went fine, and that was that.

I've just rang UC though and been told that I'm still in a queue for my LCW assessment. I did actually make the phonecall for PIP back in July but as my mental health was so bad at the time, I was totally overwhelmed by the form and didn't complete it. I assumed my application would have been closed and planned to apply again when I felt more up to it.

So it seems like I've had a PIP assessment without actually ever having filled out the form. Obviously this is less than ideal, I was answering the questions based on my UC50 form, if I had known it was for PIP I would have given much more detail in my answers. I'm currently on hold with PIP as I type this to see what's going on. If I can somehow still submit my form to go along with the phone assessment then I won't mind as much, it's just bizarre to me that they would go ahead with an application without the form even being completed.

This should be standard procedure.

The paragraph below is taken from the PIP assessment guide part 1: the assessment process

1.1.7 If the claimant questionnaire is not returned and the claimant has been identified as having a mental or cognitive impairment, the claim will be referred directly to the AP for assessment. If the individual is claiming under the special rules for terminal illness (SRTI), the case is instead referred directly to the AP and dealt with as a priority.