DLA with Indefinate award

From 28th October 2013

The DWP will start to invite the following current DLA recipients to claim PIP:

•those with fixed period DLA awards which expire on or after 17th March 2014;
•children turning 16;
• those with a reported change of circumstances which might affect their rate of payment, such as an improvement or deterioration in their condition, but not issues like going into a care home or hospital or changing address; and
•existing DLA claimants aged 16-64 who wish to make a PIP claim, including people who have a fixed-term or indefinite award of DLA.

So, are they now saying that people in the postcodes affected will be assessed for PIP?

I was of the understanding that it would not be October 2015 at the earliest

No, that is not what DWP are saying. Transfer to PIP has been delayed. People who are due for DLA reassessment who live in those postcodes will be 'invited' to claim PIP rather than DLA renewal. People in other postcodes will be sent DLA renewal forms for the time being rather than PIP.

People with indefinite DLA awards will still not be reassessed before 2015 at the earliest.