The latest 2 months have shown an improvement: 176 days in August 2021 and 149 days in September 2021. You are most welcome to join today! This badge does not currently apply to the experimental cohort figures or ESA clearance times. Receive all the latest news and information about Scope, tell us how we can make the community better, Safeguarding Multiple referrals are sometimes required before an assessment is completed and a recommendation received. The following abbreviations are used in these statistics. Firstly, a decrease of ESA claims as UC has rolled out. Where we have identified any third party copyright information you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned. Meanwhile his mental health declined and his GP wrote a letter to the Jobcentre last November to tell them he is worse. These assessments include new claims and DLA reassessments. DWP makes a decision based on all of the available evidence, including the AP recommendation. reduce the burden placed on claimants to continue to produce evidence confirming the impact of a health condition or disability. Dont worry we wont send you spam or share your email address with anyone. If we become concerned about you or anyone else while using one of our services, we will act in line with our safeguarding policy and procedures. #3, We raised this issue with the local partnership manager who has advised that they will carry out the supersession if our customer can provide evidence of the deterioration. The figures below focus on FfW appeals for initial assessments. Mandatory Reconsiderations were introduced in 2013 and if customers disagreed with a decision, they could formally ask DWP to look at it again. This is a summary of the National Statistics on the outcomes of completed Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) Work Capability Assessments (WCA). Data on UC WCA outcomes is not discussed here. These assessments include new claims and DLA reassessments. In September 2021, the median time between referral to the AP and their recommendation was 72 days. All figures in this release have been rounded according to DWP rounding policy, as detailed in section 11. Jane finally had a PIP review assessment in January after eight months of DWP delays, mistakes and misinformation. The proportion of MR decisions resulting in a change in award rose from 53% in February 2020 to 82% in April 2020, reflecting the new operational approaches as well as COVID-19 impact. Many claimants who have been awarded both benefits find themselves in the same position as your partner . People leaving ESA in 2013 to 2014 who were in the Support Group had the lowest proportion of people in employment out of the different phases of ESA. It is run and owned by disabled journalist John Pring and has been from its launch in April 2009. So are they still suspended or not? Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a12777bfced5d2b Initially only SG outcomes were possible, the full range of outcomes were available from February 2021. Not all claimants qualify, and it applies only to Fit for Work disallowance decisions. #10. Of all PIP clearances, mental and behavioural disorders account for 29% of primary health conditions. I was thinking JR was more appropriate looking at it as a failure/neglect to deal with the supersession at all or causing unjustifiable delays in dealing with it. Source: ESA Work Capability Assessment tables. A PIP award review is an opportunity to look at entitlement at set intervals to ensure that people continue to receive the correct award. Claimant already has LCW or LCWRA The ESA Support Group (SG) is for those who are living with severe disabilities or health conditions which makes it unreasonable to require them to engage in work related activities, The ESA Work Related Activity Group (WRAG) is for those claimants who the DWP consider will be capable of work at some time in the future and who they consider can take steps immediately towards moving into work (work related activity). Your IP: It should also be noted that Universal Credit (UC) has now replaced income-related ESA for most new claimants and this is changing the volume and characteristics of ESA WCAs, MRs and appeals. Income Support, which is extra money to help people on a low income or none. Telephone assessments were introduced from 7 May 2020. ), 24 February 2022, 11:07 am (b)there has been a previous determination and the Secretary of State wishes to determine whether there has been a relevant change of circumstances in relation to the claimants physical or mental condition or whether that determination was made in ignorance of, or was based on a mistake as to, some material fact, 62% of initial WCA decisions resulted in a Support Group outcome in the quarter to September 2021. Severe functional disability has been the main reason for allocation, being over 50% since January 2016. We have had one recently when told to contact CHDA and CHDA said they can only take referrals from UC/DWP. Up to 40% of these people have a record of employment in subsequent years. And also poppy I thought we didnt need evidence? We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services. A full list of descriptors for both SG and WRAG groups and a guide to the ESA Work Capability Assessment can be found on the GOV.UK website. No I dont believe she is correct. After that, SG outcomes have been more common, Initially WRAG was the most common outcome for repeat claims, until October 2012. Current WCAs and PIP assessments are trying to determine the impact of a range of conditions, ESA initial WCAs awarding Support Group have increased over time but PIP new claim Enhanced awards have not, The Support Group and LCWRA are making up an increasing share of the people on ESA and UC, Fewer than 1% of people awarded the ESA Support Group leave the benefit each month, People who close an ESA claim usually do not go into employment, 14% of working age people on PIP are employed, Thousands of assessments are completed each month to determine awards for ESA/UC* and PIP, ESA awards are reviewed less than once every 2 years, and PIP awards are getting longer, Check benefits and financial support you can get, Find out about the Energy Bills Support Scheme, Shaping Future Support: The Health and Disability Green Paper, evidence pack, July 2021, nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3, Chapter 4 of Shaping Future Support: The Health and Disability Green Paper, Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (A00 - B99), Diseases of the Blood and Blood forming organs and certain diseases involving the immune mechanism (D50 - D89), Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases (E00 - E90), Mental and Behavioural Disorders (F00 - F99), Diseases of the Nervous System (G00 - G99), Diseases of the Eye and Adnexa (H00 - H59), Diseases of the Ear and Mastoid Process (H60 - H95), Diseases of the Circulatory System (I00 - I99), Diseases of the Respiratory System (J00 - J99), Diseases of the Digestive System (K00 - K93), Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous System (L00 - L99), Diseases of the Musculoskeletal system and Connective Tissue (M00 - M99), Diseases of the Genitourinary System (N00 - N99), Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium (O00 - O99), Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96), Congenital Malformations, Deformations and Chromosomal Abnormalities (Q00 - Q99), Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00 - R99), Injury, Poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00 - T98), External causes of morbidity and mortality (V01-Y98), Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00 - Z99), Unknown or person without diagnosis on the system, health conditions of people assessed at Work Capability Assessments and PIP assessments, the number of people awarded ESA and PIP following an assessment over time, the number of people receiving a working age health and disability income-replacement benefit, the proportion of people who leave ESA each month, the employment status of people receiving PIP, the number of Work Capability Assessments and PIP assessments completed, the length of time between Work Capability Assessments and PIP assessments, thousands of assessments are completed each month to determine awards for, income-related Employment and Support Allowance (. I thought we only needed to put real life examples to explain the descriptors? Mental and behavioural disorders accounted for 51% of primary health conditions. While you wait you could start to gather some evidence but in the meantime there's nothing you can do but wait. If the claimant disagrees with this decision, then depending on the nature of the decision they will either (i) have to request an MR (before they can appeal); or (ii) be able to appeal straightaway. At the MR stage, there are multiple outcomes that refer to whether the Decision Maker (DM) chooses to revise the decision under dispute: In the month to January 2022, 51% of the ESA WCA decisions going to MR were revised. The appeal is irrelevant because its about a decision made previously. At the moment reviews are on hold because of the backlogs of claimants waiting for their first work capability assessment. Unfortunately I dont know how that one was resolved following our advice that this was nonsense. Since then, it has steadily increased to 231 days in July 2021, which marks the highest median end-to-end clearance time in any month. Of all PIP. I wouldn't mind having a reassessment but it's just the thought of having to go and explain everything again sending me worrying about it. Forum Home Discussion Covid-19 issues Thread, Welfare rights service - Lancashire County Council. If already included, the LCWRA element continues to be included in the UC amount unless and until it is determined that the claimant does not have LCWRA. The monthly total number of PIP clearances awarded or disallowed following assessment has decreased between July 2016 and April 2021. Answer Yes to Question Do you have a disability, illness or ongoing health condition that you would like to tell us about and again yes to the following question Does your condition restrict your ability to work or look for work and then state that the condition will last longer than 28 days. LCWRA is an ongoing award until a new decision says otherwise. Would they refuse to reassess if he had a car accident and broke both legs? If a claimant has LCW but not LCWRA, the process remains as now.. #9. Since May 2020 approximately two thirds of MR decisions led to a change in award. You know me I love to worry, (obsess) over every little detail. The median average time taken to clear MRs peaked shortly after to stand at 37 calendar days in May 2014. (a)the claimant is entitled to attendance allowance, disability living allowance or personal independence payment; or If we become concerned about you or anyone else while using one of our services, we will act in line with our safeguarding policy and procedures. 25 January 2022, 10:23 am Not knowing is also not helping matters. The key features are that: from 2008, as ESA was a new benefit, many assessments were initial claims, or related to claimants who were migrated from IB, from January 2014 repeat assessments were supressed in order to manage priorities, repeat assessments were reintroduced in December 2015, in March 2017, completed ESA WCAs reached a peak of 270,000, the introduction of Universal Credit from December 2018 greatly changed volumes and types of ESA, the suspension of face-to-face assessments in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic adversely impacted DWPs ability to complete assessments. Source: Stat-Xplore: ESA Work Capability Assessments under Mandatory Reconsideration Clearances. Over 45% of this group of people had a record of employment in each of the subsequent 6 years. This is known as Payment Pending Appeal (PPA). I just had a case like this. Where someone has more than one diagnosis or disabling condition, only the primary one is reported on in these statistics. If the evidence is not available, you cannot advise that the claimant has a Severe Condition and normal filework case control action applies. Where someone has more than one diagnosis or disabling condition, only the predominant one is reported on in these statistics. You have accepted additional cookies. Figures in this release reflect disruptions caused by the Coronavirus (COVID19) pandemic. Simply asking for a supersession or reporting a worsening condition might not be sufficient, but conversely if CA Advisers client rolled into the JCP (having presumably not been wheelchair bound before) that would provide visual evidence at least to suggest that a relevant change has occurred. Mental and behavioural disorders were also the most common primary health conditions as PIP clearances between April 2013 and January 2021. This is his message to me about what the job coach told him DWP temporarily suspended face-to-face health assessments from 17 March 2020 while paper-based assessments continued. LCWRA is an ongoing award until a new decision says otherwise. Note: percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding. After this, the proportion of people who leave the Support Group increases but remains lower than 1% per month. When a PIP claim is awarded, there is an award type. Source: Personal Independence Payments tables. Claim registration date is the date the claimant has first contact with the department when making a claim to ESA. Were going to take this up but wonder if others have seen anything similar. You can change your cookie settings at any time. In the quarter to September 2021, the percentage of DWP decisions falling into each outcome category was: 14% of outcomes were for Work Related Activity Group. 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