Hi all got myself in a state have had pip for last 3 years and time has come for me to fill in the renewal pip forms they have sent so any help advice would be much appreciated. As I have miss placed the copy of my first pip form
Thanks in advance for any help you can give x
Check to see if your council has a welfare rights department who could help you fill in the form .
Hi ive not long done mine sent it off 2 3 weeks ago its much easier then the initial form not to many questions if you still need all the help you did when you claimed then thats all you need to say its really just to see if there's been any changes is anything easier or harder for you to do hope this helps
You should be able to get a copy of your lost original claim papers by sending a Subject Access Request to the DWP.
Under the Data Protection Act, you are entitled to copies of any data they hold on you. Specifically, you'd be wanting a copy of the original submissions they hold for last time you claimed.
They will have one month to respond, so keep an eye on the return date for those PIP forms, as you'll need to get them extended when time gets close.
There is no special form that needs to be used for a subject data access request. A letter or email or tweet etc. are all allowed. Just say it is a Subject Data Access Request.
John
Thanks Johntheguy
The following link tells you how to submit your request to the DWP. Be aware that the less information you request, the quicker you'll get a reply. As you only want a copy of your previous PIP claim form, you could limit the request to just that. Here's the link: gov.uk/guidance/request-you...
Be aware, you could submit a further request (i.e. a second request) to obtain ALL of the information they hold on you. This will be useful if your claim is declined and you have to go to appeal. But probably isn't your priority right now, as your priority is needing to know what you put on your last claim form.
John
Thanks
The forms can be very daunting, I used the excellent guides from here: benefitsandwork.co.uk
It's a subscription site but in my mind well worth the money.
Good luck
Paul
Thanks Ajay575
Please don’t panic but do contact your local welfare rights or age concern team. I know both organisations will usually help you do it without question. I wish I had mine was rejected and I’ve made contact with someone now to help me face the court review process; I didn’t realise there was anyone that could help and I wish I had or I wouldn’t be here now!
For £19.95 you can join benefits & work for a year and download esa - PIP guides , then if you don't want to renew your membership the following year for £19.95 , you can just ignore the e-Mail saying that your membership has run out do you want to renew
Once you have downloaded the PIP and ESA guides you have got them anytime you need to look at them , there is also a lot of other helpful information on the site also
Btw under the freedom of information act you can request previous forms ,type in your search bar " freedom of information act " and what you want info on and you should be able to access what to do
Hi Electricjaws,
You're confusing the Freedom of Information Act, which is about asking for things like anonymous statistics, with a Subject Data Access Request, which is where you ask an organisation to supply you with copies of all the information they hold about Yourself, under the Data Protection Act.
The two Acts have many crossovers, but if you make your request citing the Freedom of Information Act, you'll be giving the DWP an excuse to delay responding by saying you need to submit a Subject Data Access Request under the Data Protection Act.
I gave a link to the DPA Subject Access Request webpages in my earlier reply. See above.
John
Just remember to ans the questions as your worst day, when asked can you lift kettle, think of worst day if you can, don't ans sometimes as this would be taken as yes and repeat what's wrong with you, it's not about what you can't do it's about what you can do.
Hi i rang the PIP number and asked them to send me a copy of my original i got it within a week.
Good luck x
If money is a problem to join Benefits and Work or Janet the FMA UK Benefits Advisor cannot help you with this, then a good free Guide appears here. It is not as good as the Benefits and Work ones but is worth reading.
Janet our benefits advisor has access to their guides so you do not need to subscribe yourself.
Janet can send the same guides for free if circumstances demand it. It's the same guides and saves spending the £20 if you cannot afford it.
Not saying it is not worth £20 but why pay if you don't have to?
If you can afford B&W and can follow them yourself they are well worth it. Also if you cannot wait for the next slot that Janet is on then sign up and follow them.
We have a partner (or something) membership which allows us to do this
ty, no expert but if I can help I will.
I am in the saje postion as you my firn arrived last week. I only had 5 days til it was due back so i rung them. They extended the return date and i asked for a copy of the orginal form when i changed from dla and the appeal form i completed to get highee rate. They have given me a month's extention. My issue now is my gp has retired and sinbde then i only get to talk to differnt locums so im worried about getting it all confirmed from them. I got it befire based on my other conditions i was diagnoised with fybro two days before te appeal so it wasnt cinsidered. Im hoping noow it is as all my cinditions are worse. The form asks for how you were and changes so you do need a to include the deatils of the previous application but not in as much detail. I am wairing to hear from welfare rightd
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