Mae Muller will represent the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with I Wrote A Song.
17.02.2023 - 16:31 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a benefit for people aged over 16 and under State Pension age with a disability, long-term illness or mental health condition who need help completing daily tasks inside their home or moving around outside.
The latest statistics from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that by the end of October, there were more than 3.1 million people across Great Britain claiming PIP. The regional breakdown includes nearly 330,000 claimants living in Scotland, 2.6 million in England and 226,000 in Wales.
PIP awards are not indefinite, they can last between a few months to the maximum of 10 years - known as a ‘light touch’ review - and are in palace to ensure individuals receive the right award reflecting any changes in their condition, something the DWP recently clarified.
Liberal Democrat MP, Wendy Chamberlain, asked DWP what guidance was in place to help ensure that PIP claimants with “degenerative conditions are identified and recorded for the purposes of scheduling future reassessments”.
In a written response, DWP Minister Tom Pursglove explained a PIP assessment is conducted to determine the “needs arising from a health condition or disability” - not the condition itself.
He added that regular award reviews are a “key feature of PIP” which are in place to ensure “payments accurately match the current needs of claimants”.
However, he said when recommending an appropriate review period, assessors are asked to consider when a “significant change in functional needs is likely, giving due regard to the expected progression of a condition and whether it is likely to improve, stay the same, or worsen”.
Me Pursglove told the North East Fife MP: “It may be appropriate to set a specific
Mae Muller will represent the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with I Wrote A Song.
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The latest statistics from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that by the end of October, there were more than three million people across the UK claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP), including 329,334 living in Scotland. The figures also show that nearly half a million people of State Pension age are also in receipt of PIP.
A top British soap actor has allegedly been arrested on suspicion of raping a woman in her 20s after meeting her at a party.The household name, who is said to also be in his 20s, has been released on bail as police officers continue to investigate the incident, which reportedly happened at a residential property in South London. The incident is said to have happened on December 20 last year, with police now offering the unnamed woman specialist support as officers continue with their investigation. The Metropolitan Police confirmed that a man was arrested on suspicion of rape but was subsequently bailed until April.
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