Which means people who are considering making a new claim for PIP, should consider making one now, before the end of the year to ensure the application process is underway at the start of 2022. The figures also showed that new claims are currently taking 24 weeks to complete, from registration to a decision being made. DWP updates PIP guidance for assessments involving people with mental health conditions.New disability benefit replacing PIP from next month will see DWP-style assessments ‘abolished’.Some 25,000 changes of circumstances were also reported. The DWP confirmed that during the period between July and October 2021, it had received 180,000 registrations for new claims - the highest quarterly level of new claim registrations since PIP began in 2013. Of that total, 297,213 Scots are now receiving financial support between £23.70 and £152.15 every week, however, PIP is paid every four weeks which results in payments of between £94.80 and £608.60. The latest figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that on Octothere were 2.8 million people across the UK claiming support through Personal Independence Payments (PIP), with just over one in three claimants (35%) receiving the highest level of award.
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