HUNDREDS of thousands of underpaid households could be owed £12,000 in benefit payments following a major Supreme Court ruling. Some 326,000 Personal Independence Payments (PIP) claimants could be due back pay - and the DWP is urging those who've applied to check their entitlement. 1 You could be affected if you've claimed PIP since April 6, 2016 These households may have been underpaid and the pensions administrative exercise by the DWP is currently working out to identify and pay them back what they are owed.
This comes after a 2019 Supreme Court judgement changed the way the DWP defines "social support'" in one of the assessed PIP categories, following an upper tribunal decision. This means many claimants may have not been given the daily living element of PIP when they were actually entitled to it. Others may have been awarded the standard rate but should have actually received the enhanced rate.
more about public benefits TO YOUR CREDIT Unexpected payment for thousands on Universal Credit TODAY CASH IN Households receiving three benefits eligible for cash payment worth up to £500 Dubbed the "MM judgement", the DWP realised that hundreds of thousands could now be due additional support. It began an administrative exercise in 2021, looking at PIP claims since April 6, 2016, to check whether claimants may be eligible for more support. In its latest update, the DWP says it identified around 632,286 PIP cases that need a review overall.
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