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I would appreciate some advice on PC entitlement please. My client has been told that she cannot claim PC as she is in receipt of SDA and must claim SP before claiming PC. Is this correct? Her SP is less than her SDA.http://dlvr.it/SWJrkZ

Clients UC has been ended and she has called UC and been advised to reclaim UC on her return to the UK and also ask for MR of the decision to stop UC. The note on her UC journal says client has moved abroad. She has not. However she will only be out of UK … Read moreUC stopped while on holiday abroad

I’m trying to find if a client has to start from scratch after exceeding 1 month’s absence abroad or if they can continue with their claim (which included LCWRA) and have the relevant assessment period/s reduced to nil. Client was warned about the time limit, has no excuses and, on the face of it, it … Read moreUC after 1 month temporary absence exceeded

My client has tried to claim PIP, she is age 56, dwp sent her a PIP claim pack but also asking asking her confirm her date of birth by sending either her original birth certificate or passport, she doe snot want to do this but the letter form DWP says her claim may be closed … Read moreDWP demanding claimants birth certificate or passport

Hi – Just looking for a little clarity please: Feb 2019 – Client who was in receipt of CBESA with LCW was found to be capable for work. Benefit claims ended. Applied for UC and after 6 months of waiting for WCA to be completed, was found to have LCW. But as it was a … Read moreESA and UC Combo

I was wondering what peoples opinions are on the new child DLA forms. I completed one yesterday and there is hardly anywhere to write about each activity and how the child manages it or what help is needed. It is now all tick boxes and how many times a day and for how long (only … Read moreNew child DLA forms

https://www.rightsnet.org.uk/welfare-rights/news/item/increase-in-the-universal-credit-administrative-earnings-threshold-from-september-2022 Have they said why they are doing this?http://dlvr.it/SW5mlm

Hi If a MR is sent to the DWP by mistake, would they normally send it to HMCTS for an appeal? We filled in a PIP MR in August 2021, which shouldn’t have been an MR as the client had already done this. He received a letter stating that they had responded to the old … Read moreAppeal

This UT decision confirmed that there is a right of appeal in tax credits against a refusal to revise where the MR request was made out of time (but within 13 months). I have now received a response from HMRC to a late MR request which still contains the line that there is no right … Read moreCTC/886/2021

I am still missing information about exact dates. I have had a first appointment (with no documents provided this afternoon 3rd of August 2022 about this!!) Claimant had a DLA award low rate of care – Claimant was born in 1947 – award indefinite. Claimant diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer in October 2017 and DS … Read moreEnd of DLA no DWP notification – AA claim made 4-5 month later