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8 years 2 weeks ago #155987 by paul webster
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At a recent tribunal, as a representative, in successfully appealing the 'moving around' criterion and being awarded the full 12 points, I based my client's submission on simple metrics according to distance travelled and time taken.
I have calculated that a person without any loss of walking function takes about 24 seconds to walk 20 metres outdoors in a normal fashion; 50 metres in one minute; and 200 metres in 4 minutes.
So any time taken notably less then these targets by a claimant is prime facie evidence of inability to move around. Obviously the time taken for a need to rest at any point should be included in the time measurement. (Recovery time and repeatability of any such exercise are of course added dimensions which can also be measures in time)
My advice is in making a claim use a tape measure and a some sort of timer and at appeal give the tribunal some hard data based on an actual real time exercise.
I have calculated that a person without any loss of walking function takes about 24 seconds to walk 20 metres outdoors in a normal fashion; 50 metres in one minute; and 200 metres in 4 minutes.
So any time taken notably less then these targets by a claimant is prime facie evidence of inability to move around. Obviously the time taken for a need to rest at any point should be included in the time measurement. (Recovery time and repeatability of any such exercise are of course added dimensions which can also be measures in time)
My advice is in making a claim use a tape measure and a some sort of timer and at appeal give the tribunal some hard data based on an actual real time exercise.
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8 years 2 weeks ago #156028 by Gordon
The only problem is that your figures are a lot lower than the DWP use, as minimum they quote 72m per minute and I have seen them go as high as 90m.
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paul webster wrote: At a recent tribunal, as a representative, in successfully appealing the 'moving around' criterion and being awarded the full 12 points, I based my client's submission on simple metrics according to distance travelled and time taken.
I have calculated that a person without any loss of walking function takes about 24 seconds to walk 20 metres outdoors in a normal fashion; 50 metres in one minute; and 200 metres in 4 minutes.
So any time taken notably less then these targets by a claimant is prime facie evidence of inability to move around. Obviously the time taken for a need to rest at any point should be included in the time measurement. (Recovery time and repeatability of any such exercise are of course added dimensions which can also be measures in time)
My advice is in making a claim use a tape measure and a some sort of timer and at appeal give the tribunal some hard data based on an actual real time exercise.
The only problem is that your figures are a lot lower than the DWP use, as minimum they quote 72m per minute and I have seen them go as high as 90m.
Gordon
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