A chance to fight for disabled people's mobility.

A consultation on the walking distance benchmark to qualify for help with mobility needs a strong, uncompromising response.

The government has announced a new consultation on the personal independence payment (PIP) – the disability benefit that replaces disability living allowance (DLA). After telling us for months that the consultations on PIP were more extensive than any previous consultation and that it had really listened, the government announced its intention to reconsult on the mobility component of the new benefit. The political and legal context tells us that this is about whether the bar has been set too high for the mobility criteria, as many disability organisations have argued.

We need to pause to consider three issues: the background to this decision, the timing of the proposed consultation and, most importantly, what this development means for disabled people.

Full story Posted in forum due to ongoing problems with 'News' area which Steve Donnison is currently trying to resolve.

Brief comments allowed, but as the forum is for ESA, PIP and DLA Queries and Results, we cannot allow this to develop into a discussion, otherwise the topic will be locked.

Would it be wise then for forum members to write to their M P regarding this issue?

It would do harm, but whether it would affect the new consultation process is debatable.

Thank you for taking the time to comment. Of the 169 members who viewed it, yours is the only comment to date.

The loss of PIP (new claimants or those being reassessed when transferring from DLA) will likely mean that many in the WRAg will not be able to do volunteer or permitted work. I will have that problem if I lose my mobility allowance. A Catch-22 if it happens.

How can people submit comments for the new consultation please?

naheegan wrote: The loss of PIP (new claimants or those being reassessed when transferring from DLA) will likely mean that many in the WRAg will not be able to do volunteer or permitted work. I will have that problem if I lose my mobility allowance. A Catch-22 if it happens.

How can people submit comments for the new consultation please?

Hi n

The consultation has not been launched yet, it is supposed to be by the end of June.

www.gov.uk/government/news/dwp-to-launch...obility-consultation

"We’ll publish details of how to take part in the consultation once they are available."

From :

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/2296-dwp-...obility-consultation

bro58

bro58 wrote:

naheegan wrote: The loss of PIP (new claimants or those being reassessed when transferring from DLA) will likely mean that many in the WRAg will not be able to do volunteer or permitted work. I will have that problem if I lose my mobility allowance. A Catch-22 if it happens.

How can people submit comments for the new consultation please?

Hi n

The consultation has not been launched yet, it is supposed to be by the end of June.

www.gov.uk/government/news/dwp-to-launch...obility-consultation

"We’ll publish details of how to take part in the consultation once they are available."

From :

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/2296-dwp-...obility-consultation

bro58

As an update to the above :

The new PIP Consultation has been launched today, Monday 24/06/13 :

New PIP Consultation

The Consultation closes on 05/08/13.

bro58