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<p>Reassessment of disability living allowance (DLA) claims to personal independence payment (PIP), is being undertaken gradually and not through a pilot or trial of the system. The assessment criteria and processes being used in the reassessment of DLA claimants are the same as those which have been in place since 8</p><p><?notus-xml column=130?></p><p>April 2013 for new claims. The only difference to the reassessment process (from DLA to PIP), is the issue of the initial invitation to claim.</p><p>Approximately 3,600 letters have been issued to DLA claimants approaching their 16th birthday who are living in Wales, west Midlands, east Midlands and East Anglia.</p> |