I had a chat today with a friend and the PIP Form came up in the conversation
My friend is greatly involved in Community Arts and each year applies for an Arts Council grant (NI). Recently they were talking to someone close to the how the AC work and was told that when they send in their Forms, and they are divided up into descriptors just like the PIP Form, that more than one person checks each Application
The thinking was that the Department didn’t want a single person checking the form for fear of bias, for or against the Application creeping in.
It made me wonder does this practise go on with PIP Forms? My thought been that an individual could be moved by a particular Application eg maybe some one close to them had, say, MS, then they might look more favourably upon that case.
I doubt it for the assessors seem to be hard nosed individuals; but I just wonder?
Under normal circumstances there is one assessor who makes a recommendation on an award and one Decision or Claim manager who decides on whether an award should be made or not.
Gordon
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