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Originally Posted by Taf
Our daughter's DLA to PIP scenario just took a strange turn.
PIP refused at first assessment (December 2018)
PIP refused at Mandatory Reconsideration (May 2019)
Tribunal requested (21st May 2019)
Tribunal cancelled by the DWP (29th May 2019) Maximum points awarded by their Decision Maker, backdated to December 2018.
On reading the Award Letter, we saw that they had been overly generous with the points, giving her points for something that does not affect her often enough to warrant the award. So I sent them a letter highlighting this. It was signed-for on 6th June, but no response has been received.
Then today we have received a request from the Tribunal Service for a copy of her Mandatory Reconsideration in order for her Tribunal to go ahead. ? ? ? ?
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I dropped in and gave them the docs to copy. The guy who dealt with it said the DWP have often failed to send a form to them when a case is resolved by both claimant and DWP. Their giving maximum points was a ploy to ensure the case could not be contested further.
But I showed him a copy of the letter we sent stating that they had been over-generous. He suggested I should keep proof of them receiving that letter (Post Office Signed-for) in case they ever decided to claim over-payment. The Tribunals deal with that scenario a lot.
When I got home, my daughter said that someone from that office had called asking for a "reference number". She did not understand what that meant, so I hope they'll call again. I suspect they want the P.O. receipt number, to put on her records in case the DWP decides to play silly buggers.