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Disabled and sick people are having to wait six months or more to find out if they are eligible for benefit, which MPs have attacked as "unacceptable."
The delays were criticised by the Work and Pensions Committee, which called on the Government to take urgent action to clear a backlog of cases.
The MPs also urged the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to invoke penalty clauses with assessment providers Atos Healthcare and Capital Business Services.
New claims for Personal Independence Payment (PIP), the replacement for Disability Living Allowance (DLA) as the benefit to help towards the extra costs of disability for people of working age, began in April 2013.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/n...isabled-wait-months-for-benefit-30101072.html
Disgusting
The delays were criticised by the Work and Pensions Committee, which called on the Government to take urgent action to clear a backlog of cases.
The MPs also urged the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to invoke penalty clauses with assessment providers Atos Healthcare and Capital Business Services.
New claims for Personal Independence Payment (PIP), the replacement for Disability Living Allowance (DLA) as the benefit to help towards the extra costs of disability for people of working age, began in April 2013.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/n...isabled-wait-months-for-benefit-30101072.html
Disgusting