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Systemic problem with the Healthcare Professional PIP and ESA assessment process, suggests President of Appeal Tribunals (Northern Ireland)
09 May 2021 | News
... DWP’s decisions and suggests a systemic problem with the Healthcare Professional (HCP) PIP and ESA assessment ... medical conditions of some individual claimants. It is fundamentally important that claimants with complicated and/or ... example my own view is that appellants with long-standing mental health problems should always be assessed by a ...
GYA in Motability Lifestyle and a #penguinproposal
03 May 2018 | News
... including our own one that can help you find information on how to get active. Also we and our sister campaign Get Out ... has made no reference to improving physical activity or mental health, after all as Disability Rights UK Ambassador Dame ...
Benefits fraud less than one per cent
14 May 2014 | News
... Committee report Fraud and error in the benefits system shows that official data shows that there is nearly twice as much error as fraud in the benefits system. The official ... report recommends: DWP and HMRC should explore, with the Payments Council and the banking sector, the feasibility of ...
DWP chooses not to appeal past present test case for refugees
12 September 2016 | News
... in the UK for 104 weeks before having entitlement to Disability Living Allowance (DLA) are unlawful indirect ... has no longer been possible for adults to make a DLA claim. However, as the past presence rules for DLA are identical to ... Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 or section 115 of that Act does not apply to him for the purposes of entitlement to ...
DR UK submits evidence to review of carers allowance
13 March 2025 | News
Last year, Government announced a review to look at why and how unpaid carers, in receipt of carers allowance, were hit with demands to pay back thousands of pounds in overpayments to DWP. ... its findings and recommendations to ministers, this summer. Disability Rights UK was invited to attend a roundtable ...
Hundreds of thousands “will plunge into poverty” as Minister rejects UK-wide call to keep Universal Credit uplift
31 August 2021 | News
... £33 billion Plan for Jobs.” Government statistics show that there were six million people receiving Universal ... out of work benefits, such as ESA are facing considerable mental health and physical challenges as the pandemic has left them ...
What counts as disability
07 October 2022 | Resource
... in use in the UK. These are all the current definitions and how they are used. Disability and education Physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term ... to maintain a register of adults with other disabilities or health conditions, which the authority considers may, in the ...
Update on the Labour Market Status of Disabled People
20 May 2020 | News
... the graphs to open larger versions. The first graph below shows the overall change in disabled people’s employment ... gap in employment rates between disabled men and women is much smaller than between non-disabled men and women. Over ... is particularly likely to be the case for a newly acquired disability, and if they have to take extensive time away ...
DUP sign Confidence and Supply Agreement with Government
25 June 2017 | News
... change to the following: Pensions Triple Lock Winter Fuel Payment The Government has also agreed to extend the ... per year for two years to address immediate pressures in health and education £100 million per year for two years to ... transformation £10 million per year for five years towards mental health support There are also commitments regarding: ...
Free 1 year subscription offer to Able Magazine
19 August 2024 | News
... of Able Magazine picks up a Paralympics inspired theme of how making small changes can have a big impact on results - ... living well with disability, from quick tips for better mental health, to how well-chosen adaptations and equipment can ...