DWP 'high alert' warning issued for people who claim these two benefits

People who assertion Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) person been urged to cheque each message from the Department for Work and Pensions

A “high alert” informing has been issued for radical who assertion 2 types of benefits.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) says those who assertion Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) volition determination the benefits recipients onto Universal Credit nether the "managed migration" process.

Spencer Churchill Claims radical claiming ESA alongside PIP should beryllium connected “high alert". They added: “It's important for radical connected these benefits to wage attraction to immoderate letters from the DWP. You person 3 months from the day of your missive to marque a claim, otherwise, you could suffer your entitlements entirely. If you are worse disconnected nether Universal Credit, you whitethorn beryllium entitled to a top-up called transitional protection, which volition screen the difference.

“However, this extortion is lone disposable if you respond to the DWP's Migration Notice successful clip and marque your assertion earlier the deadline. Any changes successful circumstances could besides interaction however overmuch you receive. The process of managed migration is already underway, and those affected by the changes request to guarantee they enactment quickly.

"Failing to respond to the DWP missive wrong 3 months risks losing the enactment you've relied on. The sooner you marque the switch, the sooner your existent payments tin beryllium protected nether Universal Credit, including immoderate transitional extortion that mightiness apply."

Earlier contiguous it was reported much than 3.6 cardinal radical connected PIP could observe arsenic aboriginal arsenic adjacent week if the projected changes elaborate successful the 'Modernising enactment for autarkic living: the wellness and disablement greenish paper' volition beryllium implemented nether the caller Labour Government.

An online consultation regarding the projected overhaul of the benefits system, which includes abolishing the Work Capability Assessment and introducing a azygous tier appraisal attack for each benefits, garnered implicit 16,000 responses.

Shortly aft it concluded connected July 22, Minister for Social Security and Disabilities, Sir Stephen Timms MP, stated the DWP volition scrutinise the responses portion "considering our ain attack to societal information successful owed course".