From DLA to PIP

lezray wrote: Hi I'm still waiting for the dreaded brown envelope to come as I'm still on indefinite DLA and haven't been called about changing to PIP.Do you think I should contact them or just wait for the letter.Also when do they intend to be completely changed over to PIP?

Claimants are being chosen at random so there is no way to pre-empt when you will be invited, the intention is to complete the process by the end of next year, but given the fact that the ESA migration is running two years behind schedule I think it likely that it may be at least a year later.

Whether to "self select" is a decision only you can make. The criteria for PIP are very different from DLA and have been engineered to reduce the disability budget by at least 20%, so a lot of DLA claimants are seeing reduced awards or even no award at all, you would need to be certain that you would receive the same award under PIP for it to make sense for you to do this.

Have a look at the PIP Claim guide for more information.

Gordon