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<p /> <p>Personal Independence Payment is designed to assess people as individuals
and ensure that decisions on entitlement, award lengths and timing of reviews are
appropriate and evidence-based. We have been clear that longer term awards will be
made in cases where the claimant's needs are expected to remain relatively stable
or change slowly. On-going awards will be made in some cases where significant change
in the claimant's needs is very unlikely.</p><p> </p><p>All awards, regardless of
duration, will be reviewed periodically to ensure that the individual continues to
receive the correct amount of benefit. Where we have sufficient evidence to do so,
we will conduct a paper based assessment without the need for the claimant to attend
a face to face assessment.</p>
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