PIP: Over 300,000 benefit claimants owed money after PIP errors lead to underpayments
Hundreds of thousands of disabled people owe the government after accepting big mistakes by paying personal independence payment (PIP).
More than 260 million money was paid by the Ministry of Labor and Pension (DWP) to make lost funds to those who were incorrectly rejected or low -paid.
However, more than 300,000 plaintiffs owed money, some payments have potentially reached more than £ 2,000.
The alleged health -related benefit by 3.7 million people is designed to help the extra costs with a disease or disability. Recently, he made headlines because the government was in the heart of Labour’s planned welfare reforms before the government changed direction.
In the latest annual report, DWP forced the two – for the first time in PIP management to make a few repayment plans.
The largest is related to a Supreme Court decision that changes that a person should think of a specific criterion for a person to be entitled to PIP – the ability to face face to face with people – effectively softer.
There are still about 325,000 plaintiffs to pay for the subject, 308,000 cases have already been reviewed. The total amount paid is currently 250 million £ £, ie compensation is worth at least 800 £ per person, and not all cases are examined with a payment, probably even more.
Meanwhile, a series of plaintiffs who did not give a national insurance number while applying for the first new number, PIP saw that their applications were wrongly committed. This is, although there is no necessity to supply information to apply.
So far, only 455 records have been reviewed on this issue and generally paid £ 500,000. This means that payments are worth at least 1,098 £ per plaintiff.
The next newly defined issue is related to thousands of plaintiffs transferred from PIP to adult disability payment in Scotland, which changes the benefits of Scottish residents.
The estimated 4.867 determined that their payments were suspended during the transition, and only 176 cases were reviewed. So far, it has been paid £ 13 million on this issue, which means paying an average of £ 2,771 per plaintiff.
As the government continues to grow by the PIP management, problems arise. Following the decision to return to changes that would effectively push the demand of the Labor Party, it was confirmed that the activity of Social Security Minister Stephen TİMMS to meet the needs of PIP in the needs of the plaintiffs.
A DWP spokesman said: iz We are determined to identify the debtor plaintiffs and to provide financial support they are entitled as quickly as possible. ”
