1,000 new PIP claims per day?

[flashbac]

Is this true? (From someone who is naturally cynical of government info.)

If it is, is there something else behind the statistic? Is it because people have to reapply or something like that?

This is from the government website:

"Monthly PIP awards have more than doubled since the pandemic, rising from 13,000 to 34,000 - a rate of around 1,000 new claims per day, or the population of Leicester every year."

I find the statistic unbelievable.

if you have a long-term health condition or disability that meets the eligibility criteria for PIP and you also need financial support due to low income or unemployment, you can claim both benefits simultaneously.

@llizzie I think you are confused.

Working age adults aren’t eligible for Winter Fuel Payments. That is for people who are state pension age. See here.

Some working age adults are eligible for cold weather payments. See here. But that is completely different to WFP.

My posts absolutely don’t give that impression. The reason we have such a problem with small boat crossings is the removal off external processing centres by the tories.

I’m not sure what you’re trying to say, honestly.

You can claim PIP and UC simultaneously? Yes, you can. I’m not sure that was being debated though.

Didn't you praise the immigrants, saying they were entitled? Now you call them a nuisance.

2009 was before PIP - PIP was 2013. I didn't watch enough of it to work out what he was applying for, because it was just awful viewing.

I know when PIP was introduced. As I said, I didn’t watch the link, so I don’t know when it was aired. I mentioned PIP because that is the benefit the pp mentioned.

I would rather that racists convoluting arguments with untrue "facts" didn't exist, but we can't have everything we want.

And since I did not say any such thing, stop making up things I have said.

I assumed you were reading the posts because I had already pointed out it was aired in 2009....before PIP

Your post saying it was in 2013 was only posted 3 minutes before I posted. I had already read the post of the person who quoted me and started to reply to them by the time you posted!

*in 2009

Perhaps she just needs to feel secure. Those in receipt of benefit just have to need it. The DWP does not want to know what you spend it on.

You can, or someone close, can get an enduring power of attorney and use it to get a cleaner, if you think she is incapable and the house is dirty and her health is in danger from the dust.

Your post disagreed with mine. You said people already in the UK could apply for asylum. It needed qualifying, for the posters on here who don't know.

So the government tell us. We only have their word for it that making cuts will save enough money to pay for migrant accommodation. They don't actually say as much, just that the second is so high and they cannot lower it.

The Mobility Scheme is not primarily to get you to work. The mobility component of the benefit is to ''help you get around''.

Yes, some disabled people are eligible for Winter Fuel Payments, but it depends on their specific circumstances and whether they also receive certain other benefits. Those receiving Income Support, income-based Jobseeker's Allowance, or income-related Employment and Support Allowance, as well as those getting Pension Credit, are generally eligible. Additionally, those with a disability premium or a disabled child may also qualify according to the GOV.UK website.

You being one of the three?

My response was to this:

TigerRag · 02/07/2025 12:30
Only if their partner is pension age

Frenzy? Not my style. Wheelchair user, learned not to rush a long time ago.

Some conditions won't let you get into a frenzy over anything, even worse when it takes your sight too, I can't use a mobile phone, but I can still touch type even with missing letters. I have a surgeon to thank for that ability to use my hands.

I do, however have a great sense of justice and I like to think that I have studied enough to be able to hold my own, even if eventually I shall not be able to do anything at all.

I also have, I hope, a great deal of sympathy for disabled people. Very often, like me, people think they cannot have a brain if they need a wheelchair.

No, I am not in it because I banged my head.

That's not the winter fuel payment which is a yearly £300 payment which those of us under pension age aren't entitled to

Maybe before claiming something is true, read up on it

And actually, since you are a poster on here who clearly "doesn't know". people within the UK already CAN claim ayslum, which you say they cannot. In order to apply for asylum in the UK, you either:
(a) apply at the point of entry, or
(b) contact the Home Office to book a screening interview

It is entirely possible, especially in this day and age, to already be in the UK when something changes in your home country that makes it difficult or impossible to return, so there is a process for those already in the UK. You are wrong and @Mumble12 is right.

You are confused. The discussion is about Winter Fuel Allowance. Your posted "evidence" is about Cold Weather Payments. They are entirely different things. The Winter Fuel Allowance is only paid to people of pension age.

For winter 2025 to 2026, those born before September 22, 1959, and who have reached State Pension age by the end of the qualifying week (15 to 21 September 2025), may be eligible for a Winter Fuel Payment. The payment amount will vary, with households receiving either £200 or £300, depending on age and whether they live with someone over 80. If an individual's taxable income exceeds £35,000, the payment will be recovered through the tax system. You must also have been present in England/Wales for at least one day of that qualifying week. Certain pensioners are not eligible. Nobody below statutory pension age is eligible.

No. The disabled person is automatically on the insurance if they are a driver. Named drivers are addiitonal.

As I explained in my pp, cold weather payments, which is what you linked to, are not the same thing as winter fuel payments.

I linked to the government pages about both cold weather payments and winter fuel payments. You can see the eligibility criteria there. As you will see from the link I provided, winter fuel payments are only for state pension age people.