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<p /> <p /> <p>Claimants to employment and support allowance (ESA) are not being asked
to claim personal independence payment (PIP). PIP was introduced in April 2013 to
replace disability living allowance (DLA) for working age people (between 16 and 64
years old) and operates an entirely separate assessment from the work capability assessment
used for ESA claims. From October 2013 we have begun inviting some existing claimants
of DLA to claim PIP. The current arrangements for this can be found on the gov.uk
website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-personal-independence-payment-toolkit-for-partners/the-personal-independence-payment-pip-toolkit-for-partners"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-personal-independence-payment-toolkit-for-partners/the-personal-independence-payment-pip-toolkit-for-partners</a>
.</p><p>We are continuously looking at ways to increase the number of decisions made
on PIP claims and to improve the claims process.</p><p>Internal DWP processes and
the assessment part of the process are taking longer than expected and some claimants
are taking longer than anticipated to return their claim forms but we are working
closely with both PIP assessment providers as part of our plans to speed up the end
to end claimant journey. We have introduced improvements in communications to claimants
about the type of evidence they can supply to speed up their claim and we are taking
action to support the assessment providers in clearing backlogs of work.</p>
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