Surrey Welfare Rights Unit

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Who is this course for?

This introduction to Personal Independence Payment is for experienced advisers who are looking for an overall understanding of this benefit.

Aims

This full day course will provide advisers with a good outline of this benefit, who is entitled, how to claim and how it is being introduced to existing DLA claimants.

Objectives

At the end of the course delegates should understand 

• The structure of the benefit
• The basic rules of entitlement
• The descriptors
• The problem areas and who is vulnerable to these
• The process for claiming and how claimants will be moved from existing benefits