The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has shared that thousands of PIP benefit claimants have had payments stopped.
Up to 42,000 claimants had their Personal Independence Payment (PIP) award stopped in 2021, an increase of almost 300% in just two years, and 25,400 claims were disallowed in 2020. The issue comes as many faced problems with returning their review forms.
The figures, which were revealed by DWP minister for disabled people Tom Pursglove, refer to people who allegedly failed to return their AR1 PIP review form. However, it is not known whether non-return includes forms that were returned late and it is also not clear how many people challenged the decision that they had failed to return their form on time, reported Chronicle Live.
