Please cut and paste and share. Dear Right honourable ladies and sirs. I may be able to go to food bank for food,please after Monday 28th October 2013, when you remove our £71 per week reduced benefit rate and I am unable to attend Jobcentres for JSA. How do I buy my gas or electric to cook food on? Please,HOPE THIS IS NOT A DAFT QUESTION! From October 28th 2013 the way claimants appeal a benefit will change, before you decide to appeal you will need to ensure you are wanting to appeal and if your appealing an full Employment Support Allowance refusal you will no longer receive the “appeal rate” of £71.00 per week, you will have to claim Job Seekers Allowance or not have any income at all. If your appealing a Work Related Activity (WRAG) to Support Group of Employment Support Allowance then you will be asked by the “chairman of the Tribunal Panel or Judge” if you still wish to continue with your appeal because you may lose the points that you already have and you may lose your Employment Support Allowance, so you need to ensure that you are 100% certain to appeal and that you have the right support to do this. So the changes are as follows: Mandatory Reconsideration – If you want to dispute a The Department for Work and Pensions decision, you must ask The Department for Work and Pensions to reconsider the decision (Disability Online has always done reconsideration and if your using an agency or organisation then they will assist you in this) before you will be allowed to lodge an appeal with HM Courts and Tribunals The Department for Work and Pensions will issue you with two copies of the Mandatory Reconsideration Notice once the reconsideration has taken place, one of which should be submitted along with any appeal to demonstrate that The Department for Work and Pensions has reconsidered the decision. From 28 October 2013, The Department for Work and Pensions decision can expect a new “outbound reconsideration call” as part of the new mandatory reconsideration process. The phone call that where a DWP decision maker doesn’t think there are grounds to change a decision wholly in the claimant’s favour during the mandatory reconsideration, they will telephone you and to discuss it with you or if your unable to use the phone they may ring the agency or organisation that is helping you. The telephone call will provide you with an opportunity to talk through the disputed decision. During the call, you will receive a full explanation of the decision regarding your case, and you will have an opportunity to ask any questions that you may have and to discuss whether there is any further evidence that might support your case. The Department for Work and Pensions is committed to reducing appeals volumes and improving customer service, and the new outbound reconsideration call will help them to achieve both goals. Direct Lodgement – If your given permission to appeal to the HM Courts and Tribunals you or the agency or organisation acting on your behalf must lodge the appeal directly with HM Courts and Tribunals and not with The Department for Work and Pensions You must include one copy of the Mandatory Reconsideration Notice with the appeal, to demonstrate that The Department for Work and Pensions has reconsidered the decision. The Mandatory Reconsideration Notice will contain information on how to obtain an appeal form and the address to which to send any appeal. Time Limits – The Department for Work and Pensions has agreed to the request of the Tribunal Procedure Committee to introduce time limits for the return of appeal responses to, HM Courts and Tribunals and to provide an appeal response within 28 calendar days in benefits cases.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 13:44:13 +0000
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