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Government to trial offer of additional Work Coach support for claimants awaiting their work capability assessment
07 June 2022 | News
... for addressing some “short-to-medium-term issues in health and disability benefits”. The Green Paper also ... as evidence that someone is currently not able to work. However, support with no strings attached could be offered ... to those who feel it may be helpful. And, if a person does manage to get back into work, there should be no ...
Council urged to bring forward decision to end social care charging
20 March 2023 | News
... the council to develop a best practice guide on calculating disability-related expenditure (DRE) – the ... that should be taken into consideration when assessing how much someone can afford to pay in care charges – which ...
Closing Statement From COVID Inquiry Lawyers Representing Disabled People's Organisations
13 December 2023 | News
... Minister for Disability Benefits, notes of strategy groups showed actions on disability weren’t followed up and ... people. Despite the lack of diversity in the governmental room, and the fact that the pandemic ... us to stand together and demand that the next government does things differently.' You can view the full closing ...
UK Violations of International Disability Treaty Slammed by DDPOs
29 August 2023 | News
... UN undertakes regular reviews of Government implementation, however, in 2016 Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) made a ... of people with learning disabilities still being placed in mental health units, and the urgent need for disability hate crime ...
DWP adopts our wording for DHP Guidance
09 April 2014 | News
... as an income resource when assessing DHP applications. Disability Rights UK responded last month to a DWP ... room, and provides evidence that this is the case but does not meet the HB criterion of being in receipt of the ... disregard DLA income when assessing DHP applications. However, the new guidance instead advises that: “… you ...
Changing attitudes to learning disability
23 July 2015 | News
Learning disability is when you don't understand things, but it doesn't make you stupid Our apprentice, Corrin McLelland, ... blog about her own experience of learning disability and how she copes with stressful situations. Corrin also talked ...
Scottish Social Security Bill passed
25 April 2018 | News
... Payments Carer's Allowance Attendance Allowance Disability Living Allowance Winter Fuel Payments Cold ... representative proportion of persons who have a physical or mental impairment, including those on: disability living ... an individual has expressed to them about where and how any assessment is carried out Carers The bill contains ...
More than half of DLA claimants in receipt of the mobility component lose out on reassessment for PIP
27 May 2019 | News
... The following table below published by www.parliament.uk shows the number and proportion of DLA claimants who were in ... and Policty Adviser Ken Butler said: “While the DWP does publish some PIP statistics it does not publish ... disabled people's mobility awards - on their independence, health or employment - has never been researched by the DWP. ...
Nearly £3 billion to be awarded to private sector contractors to assess ESA, Universal Credit and PIP
21 November 2021 | News
... sufficient understanding of the claimant’s disability or health condition. There is nothing to indicate that this is ... That the assessment system is not fit for purpose is shown by 72% of PIP and 67% of ESA appeals being upheld . Not only does the assessment criteria for PIP and the work capability ...
Disabled people ‘forgotten by Government’ as ‘perfect storm’ puts vital services on the brink
01 June 2020 | News
... future. Whilst some money has been made available for mental health, autism and learning disability it is nowhere near ... written evidence to the Women and Equalities Committee showing how this is the case. Disability Charity Consortium ...