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To: Secretary of State for work and pensions
Allow carers & disabled to continue claiming benefits while waiting for appeals process
Disabled people and their carers should be able to continue to claim a previous award of benefit or supporting benefits after a reassessment pending a Mandatory Reconsideration or Appeal. With such a high percentage of appeals being won by the appellant it proves that the system is flawed and appellants should not be left without support while waiting due process.
Why is this important?
With many disabled people having to ask for Mandatory Reconsideration followed by appeal they are often left unsupported while gov. depts and legal system is snowed under unable to process appeals fast enough.
In the majority of cases the appeals are won which means claimants are caused unnecessary hardship while waiting. Often with disastrous results. Volunteer carers are also effected often having their entire benefits cut to zero while waiting an outcome. This is unfair. If the system is so poorly designed that large numbers are having to appeal only to win their case then it is fair that the claimants should continue to receive benefits while waiting for an inadequate system to catch up. Even when an appeal is won no compensation for extra costs involved is awarded therefor further penalizing the applicant for an inadequately designed and poorly executed system
