From April 2013, a right of appeal against a decision will only be allowed once a revision [looking at your claim again] has been considered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The government is currently considering changing the appeal process itself, so that claimants appeal directly to HM Courts and Tribunals Service, rather than via the DWP.
Once these systems are in place, anyone appealing before requesting a revision will have their appeal treated as an application for revision by the DWP. There would then be a further right of appeal if the revision did not give the client everything they asked for. The DWP is currently consulting on how this process will work, looking specifically at ensuring that a different decision-maker revises the case and phones the claimant with the outcome of the revision request.
The government’s interim response to the consultation indicates that there will be no time limit by which the DWP must complete a revision request, nor will there be provision for Employment and Support Allowance to be paid pending the outcome of the revision. The full government response is expected at the end of July 2012.
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Is this because there are so many appeals against crappy Atos decisions?
I do believe it is [because there are so many appeals against crappy Atos decisions] and this is how they circumvent their problems, to date ….
What are these sick people supposed to live on if they can’t claim benefits while the decisions are being reviewed and there is no time limit for the review?
Must be. A case for court of human rights?
By making you appeal against the appeal decision after it’s been re-decided thus making your appeal a nonentity in the first place is just another way of filing your appeal in the bin along with all the Governments promises and manifestos since the dawn of Parliament, only the really really REALLY needy will go through that many hoops is their thinking.
ARSEHOLES!
Only the very determined and those with advocacy workers will be able to face this drawn out process. They think they will beat us with this. Let’s now pledge NOT to be beaten. THEY SHALL NOT PASS.
I have heard on the grape vine that ” dipatches on channel 4 ” are seeking victims of ATOS to do a documentary – can supply info if required ……any volunteers ?????????????