Good supporting letter

Radhika

Where the DWP initiate the assessment, the burden of proof lies with them to show that the claimant no longer meets the requirements of the benefit.

Whilst its a good argument when asking why there has been no award or a reduced one, it is not something I believe can be relied upon at assessment, as in percentage terms it only has to be 51% vs 49%

Gordon

radhika

It does happen, although I wouldn't call it frequent.

People who are initially placed in the Support Group, do sometimes get better and as a consequence are moved "down" to the WRAG.

A lot of claimants were/are caught out by the change to the ESA descriptors in April 2011.

And "sometimes" ATOS and the DWP get it wrong.

I'm not aware of any statitsics on the matter, at least not in the public domain, although the latest DWP statistics show a significant increase in SG placements, however these are the first set to include IB/IS/SDA transferees.

From your posts, you seem to have given your husband the best chance you could, and whilst many members disagree with the view, they do get it right most of the time.

Good luck

Gordon