Over 5,000 people successfully challenged the DWP over their PIP decision last year.
The Department for Work and Pensions has shared new measures in place to improve the decision-making process for Personal Independence Payment claims.
He explained: “We have made improvements to the decision-making process at both the first decision and the Mandatory Reconsideration stage, giving Decision Makers additional time to proactively contact claimants if they think additional evidence may support the claim.” Recent figures show that during the 2022/23 financial year, some 5,300 people successfully challenged the DWP over its initial decision not to award them PIP. Of that total, some 1,500 claimants have also been awarded at least one enhanced payment rate of either the daily living or mobility component of the disability benefit through the Mandatory Reconsideration process.
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