Personal Independence Payments can be worth up to £184 a week for the disabled and MPs told the House of Commons about some heartbreaking cases caused by delays to payments being approved
Serious concerns have been raised at the level of a backlog in dealing with the Personal Independence Payment which MPs have said have left some constituents in terrible conditions. Department for Work and Pensions questions in the House of Commons this week heard from MPs who said that there are currently a ‘staggering’ almost 300,000 PIP claims still to be sorted out.
“What is the Minister doing to improve clearance times, so that people are not left in limbo, worrying about whether they can afford the extra costs associated with their disability or long-term health condition? The Government urgently need to get a grip.” MP Alistair Strathern said one of his constituents had a humiliating experience after being on phone for three hours trying to get an assessment finished. He said: “I was heartbroken to hear the experience of a constituent who had to go through an enhanced medical assessment for PIP. A bowel cancer survivor with severe arthritis, she was made to stay on a phone call for over three hours to be assessed.
In another case highlighted by Labour’s Kate Hollern a constituent had their payments stopped even though they tried to renew their claim on time: “In early December, my constituent was informed by the DWP that they must renew their personal independence payment entitlement. They were told that if the necessary forms were not returned by 13 January, their PIP could be stopped.
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