Recent figures show a large increase in claimants not returning their PIP renewal forms and then their beneft being disallowed. In 2021 this affected 40,000 claimants. As a safe guard, some claimants(AS) won't have their award stopped until they have a medical assessment. ''Claimants with serious mental health, or cognitive conditions who have diffculty communicating or engaging with the process, are marked as Additional Support (AS). '
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