Right then, kiddies, the pub beckons, and I can hardly decline, so I'm gone for the day. Have fun . . .
243 days ago
RT @rattlecans: How many suicides will occur in the UK before Lab Party is willing to reconsider their policies and attitudes to the poo ...
244 days ago
@crimsoncrip Yep - excellent day, thanks. A friend took me to Edale, in the Peak District, a Mecca for walkers… (cont) http://t.co/Ht08I91Q
244 days ago
@nigeldraper Screw that! I don't drive now, but that's way too much interference in what is purely a national, even a local, issue.
244 days ago
@crimsoncrip Thanks for #CT. Bit late - been out all day.
245 days ago
Another question from the search-engine list – If you have 30 Personal Capability Assessment (PCA), points do you get DLA?
No, absolutely not. PCA applies to Incapacity Benefit, and assesses your capability to work. It has nothing at all to do with DLA, which, as I’ve said previously, is payable whether you work or not, and has to be applied for separately.
IB is payable because you’re too sick and/or disabled to work, hence the PCA, to see just how sick/disabled you are. DLA is paid, quite specifically, for mobility and care needs resulting from disability. If you are able to work, and do so, and you meet the DLA criteria, you still qualify for DLA. That is, in theory. At a time when seriously ill people have had their DLA stopped seemingly on a whim, or have genuine claims fail, that’s not something you can bank on any longer
By the way, having lots of PCA points means little – some points have little value, some a lot, and some are absolutely critical and, without them, no matter how many points you have, your claim will fail. For example, I racked up 105 points, but only about 15 actually mattered in terms of getting IB. The rest are there to round out the picture of your disability
Another question from the search-engine list – If you have 30 Personal Capability Assessment (PCA), points do you get DLA?
No, absolutely not. PCA applies to Incapacity Benefit, and assesses your capability to work. It has nothing at all to do with DLA, which, as I’ve said previously, is payable whether you work or not, and has to be applied for separately.
IB is payable because you’re too sick and/or disabled to work, hence the PCA, to see just how sick/disabled you are. DLA is paid, quite specifically, for mobility and care needs resulting from disability. If you are able to work, and do so, and you meet the DLA criteria, you still qualify for DLA. That is, in theory. At a time when seriously ill people have had their DLA stopped seemingly on a whim, or have genuine claims fail, that’s not something you can bank on any longer
By the way, having lots of PCA points means little – some points have little value, some a lot, and some are absolutely critical and, without them, no matter how many points you have, your claim will fail. For example, I racked up 105 points, but only about 15 actually mattered in terms of getting IB. The rest are there to round out the picture of your disability
Another question from the search-engine list – If you have 30 Personal Capability Assessment (PCA), points do you get DLA?
No, absolutely not. PCA applies to Incapacity Benefit, and assesses your capability to work. It has nothing at all to do with DLA, which, as I’ve said previously, is payable whether you work or not, and has to be applied for separately.
IB is payable because you’re too sick and/or disabled to work, hence the PCA, to see just how sick/disabled you are. DLA is paid, quite specifically, for mobility and care needs resulting from disability. If you are able to work, and do so, and you meet the DLA criteria, you still qualify for DLA. That is, in theory. At a time when seriously ill people have had their DLA stopped seemingly on a whim, or have genuine claims fail, that’s not something you can bank on any longer
By the way, having lots of PCA points means little – some points have little value, some a lot, and some are absolutely critical and, without them, no matter how many points you have, your claim will fail. For example, I racked up 105 points, but only about 15 actually mattered in terms of getting IB. The rest are there to round out the picture of your disability
Another question from the search-engine list – If you have 30 Personal Capability Assessment (PCA), points do you get DLA?
No, absolutely not. PCA applies to Incapacity Benefit, and assesses your capability to work. It has nothing at all to do with DLA, which, as I’ve said previously, is payable whether you work or not, and has to be applied for separately.
IB is payable because you’re too sick and/or disabled to work, hence the PCA, to see just how sick/disabled you are. DLA is paid, quite specifically, for mobility and care needs resulting from disability. If you are able to work, and do so, and you meet the DLA criteria, you still qualify for DLA. That is, in theory. At a time when seriously ill people have had their DLA stopped seemingly on a whim, or have genuine claims fail, that’s not something you can bank on any longer
By the way, having lots of PCA points means little – some points have little value, some a lot, and some are absolutely critical and, without them, no matter how many points you have, your claim will fail. For example, I racked up 105 points, but only about 15 actually mattered in terms of getting IB. The rest are there to round out the picture of your disability
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