There are hundreds of thousands of disabled people Money outstanding After accepting in large errors while paying personal freedom payment (PIP), the government.
More than £ 260 million has already been paid Missing money For those who wrongly denied or underpaded by the department for work and pension (DWP).
But still more than 300,000 contenders outstand money, some payments are potentially reaching more than £ 2,000.
3.7 million people claimed, the benefits related to health are designed to help in additional costs from living with a disease or DisabilityIt made headlines for recent heart Labor employed welfare improvementBefore the change in the last minute of the direction from the government.
In its latest annual report, WPP Identified three errors in administration Stool – For the first time two – which has forced it to complete many peback plans.
The biggest one belongs to one Supreme Court The decision that changed how DWP had to consider a specific criteria for a person to qualify for PIP – the ability to connect face to face with people – effectively made it more generous.
There are around 325,000 contenders who can still pay for the issue, 308,000 cases have been reviewed. The total amount paid is now £ 250 million, which means Compensation The per capita is worth at least £ 800 and not all cases have been reviewed, which has been reviewed with the result in a payment, the possibility is also more.
Meanwhile, the first new issues saw many contenders, who did not provide national insurance numbers while applying for PIP, their applications were incorrectly processed. This is despite there is no need to supply information to apply.
So far, only 455 records have been reviewed on the issue, with £ 500,000. This means that the payment is at least £ 1,098 per contender.
The next newly-splendor issue belongs to thousands of contenders in Scotland, who transferred from PIP to adult disability payments, which have changed the profit for Scottish residents.
The estimated 4,867 was identified as their payment during infection, with only 176 cases left to review. So far, the issue has been paid £ 13 million, which means an average payment of at least £ 2,771 per claimant.
Issues come as criticism PIP management by governmentFollowing the decision of the length back on the changes that would effectively make the profit difficult to claim, it was confirmed that Social Security Minister Stephen Tims would review the effectiveness of PIP in meeting the needs of the contenders.
DWP has been approached for comment.
