


PIP1: claim form (for reference only) ( PDF, 265KB, 20 pages).We have published examples of the forms for information only: The forms will be personalised to the individual who asked for them and should not be copied or used for other people. It is sent along with PIP1 A1: additional information. The PIP1 claim form captures the same basic information we take over the phone. Where an individual cannot call us, or needs extra help and has no one to support them making a claim by telephone, they can write to us to request a PIP1 claim form: Welsh: PIP2W: sut mae eich anabledd yn effeithio arnoch: llyfryn gwybodaeth ( PDF, 175KB, 12 pages).Welsh: PIP2W: sut mae eich anabledd yn effeithio arnoch (ar gyfer cyfeirio ati yn unig) ( PDF, 896KB, 34 pages).PIP2: how your disability affects you: information booklet ( PDF, 177KB, 12 pages).PIP2: how your disability affects you (for reference only) ( PDF, 738KB, 33 pages).Once a claim has been made, DWP will register the claim and send the individual a ‘How your disability affects you’ (PIP2) form to fill in, together with an information booklet: This includes the details of a Next Generation Text relay service and a British Sign Language ( BSL) video relay service. To start a new PIP claim, contact DWP through the details provided in the PIP claimant guide. where claimants can go to get the information they need to make a decision about claiming PIP before their DLA ends.how DWP is raising awareness that DLA is ending.How will DLA claimants be reassessed?įor information about how existing DLA claimants will be reassessed for PIP, read the PIP handbook. This tells them what their new benefit rate will be. When we told DLA claimants about PIPĪll existing DLA claimants got more information about PIP in their usual annual letters. Visit Disability Living Allowance ( DLA) for children for more information. Young people claiming DLA with a terminal illness or who are in hospital will not be invited to claim PIP. Payments could stop if they do not do this. If the young person has not received their letter 28 days before they turn 16 years old, parents or guardians need to contact the Disability Service Centre. that their DLA will continue to be paid (even if their DLA award was due to end) as long as they send us any information we ask for and go to a face-to-face consultation, if one is needed.that if they do not claim PIP by the date given on their letter, their DLA will stop.Two months before the young person’s 16th birthday, at 15 years and 10 months old, we will send a letter to the parents or guardians to remind them that the young person will be invited to claim PIP at 16 years old.Īt age 16, a letter will be sent to the young person, or their appointee, to invite them to claim PIP. what bank account their money needs to be paid into after they turn 16.whether the young person will need an appointee when they turn 16.

This letter will explain that the young person will need to claim PIP when they turn 16 years old. We will write to parents or guardians of young people who are currently getting DLA when the young person is 15 years and 7 months old. There are more letters covering different scenarios.
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You can download example letters to cover the following circumstances:
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We have published a series of example letters sent to DLA claimants (sometimes referred to as notifications) to invite them to start a claim for PIP. We will write to the individuals at different stages throughout the PIP claim. people are on indefinite or long term awards who were born after 8 April 1948 and those who are 16 years old or over – these individuals will be invited through a random selection process as PIP progresses.children turn 16 years of age – unless they have been awarded DLA under the special rules for terminally ill people, or they are in hospital.a person’s fixed term DLA award is due to end.we receive information about a change in a person’s care or mobility needs.We are inviting individuals to claim PIP when: If you currently get PIP or would like to apply for it, read the PIP guide for claimants.
