I still wonder whether the claimants have supplied sufficient evidence to trigger the assessment process. This article was amended in April 2022 to take account of the end of the SDP gateway and the rules regarding the SDP transitional element Until the 15th May 2019 mixed age couples (MAC) where one 75% of these people were in the Support Group. Severe Conditions Prognosis/Re-referral Guidance at WCA Face to Face Assessments and Filework. #8, Debt and Welfare Advice, Community Money Advice, Launceston, If the Work Coach doesnt know how to do it .a claimant can generate the Refer for WCA To Do on the UC agents Build by completing the Health section under Change of Circs. The reason being that DWP believes that to increase the burden on this group of claimants would be unnecessary and go against the spirit of the policy announcement.. A PIP award review is an opportunity to look at entitlement at set intervals to ensure that people continue to receive the correct award. This is the length of time until a PIP award review, or it can be an ongoing award, a terminal illness award or a short term award with no review date. You can no longer make a new claim for Income Support. (2) If the claimant has weekly earnings that are equal to or exceed the relevant threshold, the Secretary of State may not carry out an assessment under this Part unless Where we have identified any third party copyright information you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned. Wed like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services. Since April 2014 there have been 58,000 PIP new claim assessments each quarter have resulted in either an Enhanced or Standard mobility award decision. For people in the WRAG group, since April 2013 the proportion of people leaving ESA has fluctuated between 1% and 3%. I wouldn't mind having a reassessment but it's just the thought of having to go and explain everything again sending me worrying about it. People leaving ESA in 2013 to 2014 who were in the Support Group had the lowest proportion of people in employment out of the different phases of ESA. Limited Capability for Work and Related Activity, a group on UC you are not expected to look for work or to prepare for work. ), 24 February 2022, 11:07 am At the moment reviews are on hold because of the backlogs of claimants waiting for their first work capability assessment. Forum Home Discussion Covid-19 issues Thread, Welfare rights service - Lancashire County Council. Musculoskeletal disorders accounted for 12, nervous system diseases for 5% and circulatory diseases and neoplasms for 4% each. Please note that percentages shown within the release are calculated using figures prior to rounding. Since the introduction of PIP in 2013 the proportion of people awarded an ongoing award or a review period of more than 5 years has increased from 11% in 2014 to 31% in 2020. Claimant already has LCW or LCWRA Employment and Support Allowance, which people can apply for if they have long-term ill-health or disability that affects their ability to work. I got awarded LCWRA back in January, and PIP recently. And also poppy I thought we didnt need evidence? The impact of this is that some long-term sick and disabled adults, in particular those whose health may have deteriorated over the course of the pandemic, are being denied access to additional financial support and reduced conditionality. The proportion of people who leave WRAG peaks at 1.8%, 25 months after award, after which the proportion who leave ESA in subsequent months declines. 25 January 2022, 10:23 am It should be noted that clearance times more recently are based on very low numbers of MRs. The new DWP Severe Conditions Guidance says that: "The new re-referral period will apply to those with LCWRA ONLY. Out of these, 62% of decisions made were revised in favour of the claimant. When face to face assessments resumed in May 2021, DWP was able to revert to prioritising WCAs in date order. Source: Data tables: ESA WCA experimental cohort statistics for initial and repeat ESA assessments, by period of claim start, October 2013 to June 2021. Approximately a third of normal rules PIP initial decision awards were given ongoing awards or review periods of more than 5 years in 2019 to 2020. Since June 2014 of PIP there have been between 20,000 and 47,000 PIP new claim assessments each quarter that have resulted in Enhanced Daily Living award decisions. Work Related Activity Group, a group on ESA for people who are assessed as able to get back into work in the future. See our statement and reservations about these changes, Lines to Take / Frequently Asked Questions (, ESA Treatment of claimants with the most severe and lifelong health conditions or disabilities (, have a severe, lifelong disability, illness or health condition, are unlikely to ever be able to move into work. The amount paid to a person claiming Universal Credit can be cut by 343 per month if the DWP decides that person must now start preparing to go back to work. People receiving UC who have a health condition that affects how much they can work are assessed with the same WCA as people receiving ESA. The Support Group pays a higher financial award than other ESA payments, and people are not expected to do any work related activity. providing the evidence base for assessing the potential effect of changes, monitoring and evaluation of DWP policy, answering Parliamentary Questions and Freedom of Information requests and forecasting benefit expenditure (in conjunction with expenditure statistics), policy development and evaluation by local authorities and other welfare to work and pensions stakeholders and providers. See our statement and reservations about these changes. By contrast, the number of PIP new claim assessments resulting in Enhanced award decisions have been volatile since 2017. The median average age of people receiving working age health-related income-replacement benefits increased from 47 in 2015 to 50 in 2020. Legislation. She tried to tell me to send you my further evidence and to show that at court. Of these claimants, 91% had an Adapting to change condition and 88% scored points in the Social interaction group. Receive all the latest news and information about Scope, tell us how we can make the community better, Safeguarding 17.When it has been confirmed the claimant has LCW or LCW and LCWRA, the following action must be taken: Step Action 1 Check if the claimant's next review WCA will be within 91 days of their State Pension Age (SPA), before inputting the prognosis. The total number of appeals heard on FfW decisions for initial assessments up to December 2020 is very low compared to pre-2013 figures, when mandatory reconsiderations were introduced. See Stat-Xplore for more detailed breakdowns of the data covering Region, Local Authority and Westminster Parliamentary Constituency breakdowns available for WCA outcomes by claim start date and completed assessment date. LCWRA is an ongoing award until a new decision says otherwise. Of all PIP clearances, mental and behavioural disorders account for 29% of primary health conditions. A discussion on the Rightsnet online forum last month raised the same issue, with one welfare rights expert describing how her client, in a similar situation to Osborn, had been told by DWP that the dept is not currently undertaking WCA reviews due to the ongoing pandemic. but subject to paragraphs (2) to (4). (a)the claimant is entitled to attendance allowance, disability living allowance or personal independence payment; or Terminal Illness, a health condition that a person will most likely die from. People found Fit for Work (FFW) and leaving ESA in 2013 to 2014 had the second highest proportion of people in employment. Limited Capability for Work, a group on UC where you are not expected to look for work right away. Note neither question has been answered. She said: I have been under so much financial and emotional stress, not eaten well, and got into debt over the two years. In January 2022 the monthly median clearance time for ESA WCA MRs was 15 days. Universal Credit, which is a payment to help with living costs. Id be happy to have one at this point just to get it over with, the waiting is the worst part. Claim registration date is the date the claimant has first contact with the department when making a claim to ESA. Data on UC WCA outcomes is not discussed here. A change of circumstances is when someone informs DWP of a change in their circumstances which may lead to a change in award. Between 43,000 and 85,000 WCAs were conducted every month to determine awards for ESA from April 2017 to March 2020. Information is only available for claims that began at least 6 months following the assessment date, or 9 months following the date of claim. Simply asking for a supersession or reporting a worsening condition might not be sufficient, but conversely if CA Advisers client rolled into the JCP (having presumably not been wheelchair bound before) that would provide visual evidence at least to suggest that a relevant change has occurred. Less than 30% of people leaving ESA in 2013 to 2014 from the Support Group have a record of employment in subsequent years. #12, Welfare rights adviser - Plumstead Community Law Centre, Far from being unable to re- assess, they MUST re- assess, If they refuse to re- assess they will effectively refusing an application for supersession, A refusal to supersede is automatically appealable (R(DLA) 1/03(Wood v. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2003] EWCA Civ 53). Such changes were necessary to process claims and ensure people in need of financial help could access benefits, while keeping customers and staff safe. Note: Claimants can have multiple functional impairments, therefore appear in more than one category. He gets LCW which is being appealed. But when she received a copy of her daughters assessment report, Rebecca realised it was seriously inaccurate and was likely to lead to her daughter losing her PIP support. Many thanks. To help us improve GOV.UK, wed like to know more about your visit today. DWP can require people receiving ESA and UC* to be reassessed in a new WCA, known as a repeat WCA. Claimant completes and returns questionnaire. There was a notable decrease in allocations to the Physical or mental health risk group for claims started from October 2015 onwards. The main cause, it said, appeared to be a rise in the number of new PIP claims and a decision by DWP to prioritise these over existing claims, but without any effort to explain what is happening and give claimants a written extension to their award. While you wait you could start to gather some evidence but in the meantime there's nothing you can do but wait. Zeeta Osborn, from Hastings, has been waiting for a year for a new WCA, but has been told by DWP that it is not currently offering repeat assessments to those already receiving UC, and is only booking assessments for new claimants. 26 January 2022, 04:50 pm Severe functional disability has been the main reason for allocation, being over 50% since January 2016. 41.(1) The Secretary of State may carry out an assessment under this Part where Between June 2009 and March 2018 the number of ESA initial WCAs awarded the Support Group each quarter increased from 10,000 to 32,000. 17 January 2022, 04:12 pm We use some essential cookies to make this website work. Please be aware that they are also extremely busy at the moment., 13 January 2022, 03:21 pm People in the Support Group and WRAG group on ESA include people who have made a claim to ESA over many different years. When a PIP claim is awarded, there is an award type. The typical customer journey, prior to the COVID-19 easements, is detailed below: Claimant registers for ESA - payment issued at assessment rate. The figures below focus on FfW appeals for initial assessments. But the website did say that it had not yet heard of any cases in which a PIP award had been stopped due to a failure to make a new decision. the median time taken to clear MRs in the month to January 2022 is 15 days the median end-to-end clearance time for initial ESA WCAs is 149 working days in September 2021. Other reasons for being assigned to WRAG (with 15 points or more) are: Upper Limb, Sensory, Continence, and Lower Limb. I just had a case like this. Disability Living Allowance, which is being replaced by PIP and helps with the extra costs associated with long-term ill-health or a disability. The number of PIP new claim assessments where people were awarded the Enhanced rate of the Daily Living component of PIP, the Standard rate of the Daily Living component, and Enhanced or Standard rate of the Mobility component, has varied over time between March 2017 and March 2021. (a)it falls to be determined for the first time whether a claimant has limited capability for work or for work and work-related activity; or #5, Welfare Rights Officer with SWAMP Glasgow. From July 2016 to April 2021 there were between 58,000 and 100,000 PIP clearances awarded or disallowed following assessment each month. Figures in this release reflect disruptions caused by the Coronavirus (COVID19) pandemic, which led to changes to operational procedures. LCWRA is an ongoing award until a new decision says otherwise. In the same time there have been between 12,000 and 42,000 PIP new claim assessments each quarter that have resulted in Standard Daily Living award decisions. Third, the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. If already included, the LCWRA element continues to be included in the UC amount unless and until it is determined that the claimant does not have LCWRA. The publication covers information on both initial and repeat ESA assessments in Great Britain. Finn Keaney, welfare rights team lead for Mind in the City, Hackney and Waltham Forest, told DNS that one of their clients had been in the same situation as Osborn, and had been waiting for a year for a reassessment that would allow them to move from the LCW group to limited capability for work-related activity (LCWRA). UC was applied for in December 2019. Looking at the proportion of people who made a claim to ESA during 2016 to 2017, initially fewer than 0.5% of people who are awarded Support Group or WRAG at their initial WCA leave the benefit each month. MRs were introduced in October 2013. This may involve sharing this information with relevant authorities to ensure we comply with our policies and legal obligations. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a12777bfced5d2b She used the word think several times. Secondly, the changing composition of assessment outcomes over time. If you use any of our statistics publications, we would be interested in hearing what you use them for and how well they meet your requirements. There are many people being treated like this and it is so wrong. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. Between February 2013 and November 2020, the majority of those receiving ESA and UC* receive the highest rate, with no mandatory work related activity. In the month to January 2022, 51% of ESA WCA decisions going to MR were consequently revised. These should be documented on an FRR4. We had a similar case before Christmas whereby someone who had reached SPA was being refused another WCA on the basis that hed previously been found not to have LCW back un 2012 and that decision still maintained. You know me I love to worry, (obsess) over every little detail. If it were me Id be filling out the sscs1 and digging out the caselaw that MR doesnt apply unless the claimant is told it applies and appealing the refusal to supersede. So my advice is if your wondering about your ESA award and that your overdue a reassessment, ring them up, like me they may have done a paper based review internally and extended your awardbut you won't know if you don't ring them. Firstly, a decrease of ESA claims as UC has rolled out. I have two related cases at the moment - both had WCAs done years ago, where one ended up with LCW and the other was refused. We use some essential cookies to make this website work. Note: The numbers of appeals are by claim start date, therefore numbers could increase as more appeals are completed for claims started in the most recent months. (b)there has been a relevant change of circumstances in relation to the claimants physical or mental condition. Receive all the latest news and information about Scope, tell us how we can make the community better, Safeguarding You have rejected additional cookies. To help us improve GOV.UK, wed like to know more about your visit today. The timescale they give you is a just a guide and nothing more. In 2017 she had a life-changing stroke and is wheel-chair bound with a live in carer. These assessments include new claims and DLA reassessments. Telephone assessments were introduced from 7 May 2020. If we become concerned about you or anyone else while using one of our services, we will act in line with our safeguarding policy and procedures. At the moment reviews are on hold because of the backlogs of claimants waiting for their first work capability assessment. The ages which have increased the number of people receiving these benefits include ages 54 and above. 20 January 2022, 01:29 pm In September 2021, the median time between referral to the AP and their recommendation was 72 days. Since the introduction of MRs in 2013 a claimant would need to ask DWP to look at the decision again unless DWP advised that a MR was not required. People continue to get their existing award until a new decision is made following a repeat WCA. The DWP decision will include MRs where there is a completed decision. Your IP: Of the 4.9 million ESA claims with a start date between October 2013 and June 2021: 66% had a completed assessment; WCAs for the remaining claims are either still in progress or were closed by the claimant, 400,000 MRs have been registered, following a completed WCA, 99.7% of these MRs, which were raised after the WCA, have been completed, with the original decision revised 17% of the time, 26% of claimants who raised an MR after the WCA went on to complete an appeal, of the 100,000 appeals completed, 34% had the DWP decision upheld at hearing while the remaining 66% were ruled in favour of the claimant. If a claimant has LCW but not LCWRA, the process remains as now.. 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