Statement of reasons

Well this does,nt surprise me, but i think it is wrong not to have a DM for all cases, as far as i,m aware they are civil servants, and i think everyone should have the right to an unbiased opinion, seems to me just more dirty tricks, it begs the question is it legal.

CV

Mrs Hurtyback wrote:

This is what the 'DWP employee' said in response when someone else made the same point.

"Those that haven't scored 15 points are passed to Decision Makers because disallowing benefit has to be done by a Decision Maker (on any grounds, not just WCA) - they can, and do, award additional points if they feel it is appropriate, or they will confirm the Atos score if there is no additional evidence to change it. Those decisions will be accompanied with reasoning statements, whether that decision is to allow or disallow. Those that have scored 15 points will not be passed to a Decision Maker as no disallowance decision needs to be considered, as the basic condition is met. They will be considered for completeness by someone trained to do so, and the appropriate component (Support or WRA) will be applied and payments released."


"Those who deal with allowed decisions have delegated authority to award benefit but are not 'decision makers' by job role or grade and do not need to provide reasoning."

As I said, I think this might explain why so many people are having difficulty in getting hold of their SOR!

I should have mentioned that my Tribunal was for DLA and has not ha any involvement with ATOS to my knowledge as this whole farce has been going on since january 2011

"Is it legal?"

That is what I am wondering!

Ms Hurtyback

Seems you and I and possibly many others on this forum want the SOR/SAR paperwork which we are all entitled to.

I'm certainly lost with it all but does the pdf link explain it any better. scroll down to page 25/26 it mentions SOR and the law. It's from June 2010 and caln't decipher it.

ngup67

www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/dmgch01.pdf

Thanks ngup, I will have a look at that.

Roseleen, it does look as if our situations are rather different.

I don,t see how it can be legal Mrs Hurtyback, maybe someone should/could set a legal pressident on this matter.

CV