PIP quick guide for support organisations

A quick guide to Personal Independence Payment (PIP), providing information for support organisations.

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PIP quick guide for support organisations

Ref: ISBN 978-1-78153-620-9 PDF, 143KB, 6 pages

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Welsh: PIP quick guide for support organisations

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This Personal Independence Payment (PIP) guide is aimed primarily at advisers. It provides information on who is eligible, how the claim process works, how the rate is calculated and the timetable for implementation of PIP.

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The quick guide is also available as a 2 part BSL video on YouTube:

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Published:

3 September 2013

Updated:

26 January 2015

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26 January 2015 12:30pm

Published revised PDFs with new postcode areas and details of the next roll out of PIP reassessments.

18 December 2014 11:00am

Replaced English guide with revised version with changes to reassessing existing DLA claimants postcode areas.

17 October 2014 8:00am

Updated for the extension of PIP reassessment to new areas from 17 November 2014.

5 March 2014 1:41pm

Quick Guide (including text only and local authority versions) updated with new information on how long to expect claims to take and new processes for special rules for terminal illness claims.

18 December 2013 3:38pm

Details added to quick guides about extending reassessment areas. DWP will ask existing DLA claimants to claim PIP instead, under certain conditions.

26 November 2013 1:17pm

Removed audio version and graphic rich Welsh version.

28 October 2013 4:42pm

Amended the reassessment dates in quick guides for support organisations, local authorities, MPs, carers and health professions.

20 September 2013 10:26am

We are delaying the reassessment for some DLA claimants by 3 weeks until 28 October, following the consultation on the PIP ‘moving around’ assessment criteria, to give the government more time to consider responses and to respond.

3 September 2013 3:58pm

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Simplifying the welfare system and making sure work pays

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