Can You cancel a claim before an assesment?

Hello

My brother has submitted a claim on the 8th of May but in the past day he has been very unwell and he feels as though he cannot mentally or physicaly carry on with the claim. and he wants to cancel it. He said that he will reclaim at a later date but he wants to do this now before it goes to far. He said that he will ask our local disability rights group to fill the forms for him and to help him with the claim. Is is just a matter of telephoning the DWP PIP helpline tommorrow and asking to cancel the claim. Can he do that or is he tied into a contract after he has submitted the forms? Should he ask for confirmation of cancelation. He is addiment he wants to cancel the claim.

Thanks in advance for your advice.
Waxwing

Thank you Gary

He wants to cancel the claim so I will advise him to telephone tommorrow.

If he does canel the claim do the DWP hold onto the evidence we have sent or does it get deleted?

Thanks in advance

Hello

Just a quick update......

My brother telephoned at 9am last week to withdraw his claim because he did not feel physically able to carry on. The disability rights group read through the claim he withdrew and seriously advised him to reinstate that claim because they could not help him further with the claim because it was detailed. We used the guides to write the claim. What my brother is going to do is to have a little rest and whilst he is waiting to get updated evidence (maybe a doctors letter) and try and get copies of his MRI scans he had done to send with his claim (or reclaim).

Thank you
Waxwing