I’ve been helping a client appeal their pip decision which was negative - she didn’t get any point. We did an MR and then an appeal and at the court hearing the judge decided to stop the proceeding as the bundle didn’t include the pip questionnaire my client completed. They gave the DWP until early July to provide the missing information, which was to my knowledge never submitted.
Since then we have been contacted by the DWP and my client has been told they will reassess her claim and make a decision based on the information they now have.
This doesn’t seem to make sense as the questionnaire is still missing and the DWP had already decided not to award her the benefit. If we have to go through the same process again, she will be stuck in a never-ending loop as the original questionnaire is still missing.
What should we do? Can I contact the Courts to ask what the next steps are or query the process?
Since then we have been contacted by the DWP and my client has been told they will reassess her claim and make a decision based on the information they now have.
This doesn’t seem to make sense as the questionnaire is still missing and the DWP had already decided not to award her the benefit. If we have to go through the same process again, she will be stuck in a never-ending loop as the original questionnaire is still missing.
What should we do? Can I contact the Courts to ask what the next steps are or query the process?
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