P.I.P. timescales...

A question about : P.I.P. timescales...

hi. just wondering if anyone had a rough idea of how long claims take please. If anyone had already claimed and payment is now being made how long? I had waited 11 weeks untill i rang pip and got atos phone number and contacted them direct to chase up my appointment, of which i got a cancellation (yey). If i ring pip they just say as its a new benefit they cant say how long but estimate is 10 weeks. tuesday will be bang on 3 calender months since i originally claimed.
thanks

Best answers:

• I actually had looked into this and couldn't find anything, I guess it's still so new there's not a lot of people who have got to the end of the process yet.
  I only applied about 3/4 weeks ago and sent my form back about 2 weeks ago. Spoke to them today as a letter saying they hadn't received my form overlapped them actually getting it and apparently it has been sent to ATOS, so I await an appointment if they want to see me and in the meantime I'm keeping a diary as I'm still in the referral queue for psychiatric assessment so no paperwork relating to my condition as yet.
• Thought I'd bump this to see if anyone has had an award or even an appointment with Atos or equivalent yet?
  I called them on Friday and my form has been sent to Atos (who do the assessments in my area) but that's it. Lady said PIP claims are taking about 10 weeks and I'm about 5 weeks in.
  Would be nice to of anyone who has been through the whole process yet.
• Sent my form off 3 weeks ago the same day i got it, i could not have sent it any earlier, still they sent me a "your form has not arrived" letter, after phoning the DWP same day i was told they got my form 10 days earlier - so i have received a Atos appointment for 10th Sept, all this was in the time space of 1 month.
  When i have done the assessment i will update and tell everyone how long it takes to get a decision from the assessment date.
• Hi
  We have capita instead of Atos. It was approx 2 weeks from the form being sent back until a letter arrived for an assessment to be booked. 2 weeks until the assessment and approx 4 weeks from then for a decision on the claim
• NHS Lanarkshire are going to be doing assements for PIP in this area,hopefully it will mean that people doing assements might know something about MS ,not heard of anyone starting this process yet
• Had my assessment for PIP with ATOS on 3rd July, spoke to DWP on Friday and they still haven't even received the report from ATOS yet some 7 weeks later. I was told its currently taking ~12 weeks for ATOS to submit their reports, then a further 3-4 weeks for DWP to make a decision.
• Had assessment today, was told to phone the benefits office if after 5 weeks i had not heard from them, so the timescale is supposed to be 5 weeks maximum.
  Not holding my breath.
• I'm still waiting to hear if they want to call me for an appointment (going for an assessment may be a bit difficult). Called DWP end of last week, my form was sent to ATOS on 14th July and they said I should get a letter in the next couple of weeks at the latest.........So two months and I'm not very far forward!
• I actually had my assentment cancelled two weeks ago and they haven't phone me to re-arrange, so I don't know whats going on but seems backlog or short staff in Bristol/South Gloucestershire
• It is interesting to note in a thread about PIP claims on an advisers website, that _no_ adviser has yet seen a decision for PIP on cases other than the terminally ill.
• So what does the assssment involve exactly?