Of the cases disallowed between October 2013 and October last year, 69 applicants were rejected after failing to score enough points - awarded to reflect their mobility and care needs - during the assessment part of the process. There were also 12 youngsters who were refused due to failing to attend assessments without good reason and 12 who did not meet the basic eligibility criteria. Another 17 applicants were approved for PIP but had their award rate cut. Where the number of outcomes is nil or very low, figures have been excluded so totals could be higher. A spokesman for the Department of Work and Pensions said over 60 per cent of child DLA claimants go on to receive PIP, with award rates staying the same or increasing for over half of all claimants.
Disability charity Scope said the number of young people losing disability benefits at 16 was unacceptable. Photo: Radar news agency Nearly 800 children in Wirral were stripped of disability benefits after their 16th birthday, figures show. More than two in five young people who claimed Disability Living Allowance in childhood failed to qualify for the adult version of the benefit, Personal Independence Payment. Disability charity Scope said the number of young people losing disability benefits at 16 was unacceptable and said the PIP assessment process was fundamentally flawed and in need of an overhaul. Around 800 young claimants in the area - 43% - saw their benefit award rates increase or stay the same after moving to PIP but 800 had their awards withdrawn, according to data from the Department of Work and Pensions.
Of the cases disallowed between October 2013 and October last year, 123 applicants were rejected after failing to score enough points - awarded to reflect their mobility and care needs - during the assessment part of the process.
There were also five youngsters who were refused due to failing to attend assessments without good reason and 26 who did not meet the basic eligibility criteria.
Another 49 applicants were approved for PIP but had their award rate cut.
Where the number of outcomes is nil or very low, figures have been excluded so totals could be higher.
A spokesman for the Department of Work and Pensions said over 60 per cent of child DLA claimants go on to receive PIP, with award rates staying the same or increasing for over half of all claimants.
Hundreds of children in Basingstoke and Deane were stripped of disability benefits after their 16thbirthday, figures show. Over a third of the young people who claimed Disability Living Allowance in childhood failed to qualify for the adult version of the benefit, Personal Independence Payment. Disability charity Scope said the number of young people losing disability benefits at 16 was unacceptable and said the PIP assessment process was fundamentally flawed and in need of an overhaul. Around 317 young claimants in the area - 51% - saw their benefit award rates increase or stay the same after moving to PIP but 233 had their awards withdrawn, according to data from the Department of Work and Pensions.
Single mum who took fatal overdose after benefits cut one of many deaths being reviewed
Philippa Day, 27, from Nottingham, was found collapsed at her home beside a letter rejecting her request for an at-home benefits assessment, and died after two months in a coma
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Philippa Day, 27, who took a fatal overdose in 2019 after her benefit payments were cut (Image: BBC)
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