Mandatory reconsideration UN Report

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Dear Department for Work and Pensions,

The government’s response to the UN inquiry into the UK which found that disabled people’s Human rights were being gravely and systematically violated states that “This is mandatory prior to applying for an appeal, allowing the decision to be reviewed and new evidence to be presented. Statistics published in 2016 showed the average clearance time for WCA MR applications to be 9 days. Access to justice is not therefore denied or significantly delayed as a result of this process. “

1. With MRs for PIP we are finding that the process is being triggered without people asking for it to be so that they do not know a MR is taking place and are not able to submit any extra evidence. Why is this happening as it is denying disabled people access to justice?

Yours faithfully,

G Ward

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Dear Department for Work and Pensions,

The government’s response to the UN inquiry into the UK which found that disabled people’s Human rights were being gravely and systematically violated states that “This is mandatory prior to applying for an appeal, allowing the decision to be reviewed and new evidence to be presented. Statistics published in 2016 showed the average clearance time for WCA MR applications to be 9 days. Access to justice is not therefore denied or significantly delayed as a result of this process. “

1. With MRs for PIP we are finding that the process is being triggered without people asking for it to be so that they do not know a MR is taking place and are not able to submit any extra evidence. Why is this happening as it is denying disabled people access to justice?

Yours faithfully,

G Ward

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