Dear Ms Hollern.
My name is Mohammed Salim Patel. I am a 21-year-old, Blind journalist from Blackburn and have interviewed Mr Jack Straw in the past.
I am writing to you today because Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Personal Independence Payments (PIP) are designed to make a contribution towards the extra costs caused by long term health conditions and disabilities. They are very important to blind and partially sighted people who face a wide range of additional daily living costs. These include, for example, payments to a reader, higher food bills due to difficulties cooking, higher heating costs, the cost of house cleaning and maintenance and the purchase of a wide range of aids and appliances. The help provided by DLA and PIP towards these additional costs makes a real difference to people's independence and quality of life.
Unfortunately this looks set to change. The proposals in the current DWP Consultation on PIP eligibility, if implemented, would mean a dramatic reduction in the amount of help provided or, in some cases, no help at all.
The DWP’s consultation is specifically seeking views on whether to make changes to the current policy on aids and appliances, in the context of the PIP daily living component. If any one of the five proposals go through it will put at risk the support blind and partially sighted people receive to tackle the additional costs faced as a result of their disability.
To make matters worse, the loss of PIP could impact on entitlement to other benefits, such as Carer’s Allowance or benefits that have premiums if you get PIP.
This cannot be right. I am writing to ask you to contact the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to ask him to re-examine the proposals in light of this significant impact on blind people. The consultation (Cm 9171) closes on 29 January.
I rely heavily on these components of benefit and my independence and quality of life would be taken Away if legislation was to change. As you are my MP I urge you to please do something about this and contact Mr Smith.
Thanking you in advance
Kindest Regards:
TheBlindJournalist
Mohammed Salim Patel
theblindjournalist.blogspot.co.uk
My name is Mohammed Salim Patel. I am a 21-year-old, Blind journalist from Blackburn and have interviewed Mr Jack Straw in the past.
I am writing to you today because Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Personal Independence Payments (PIP) are designed to make a contribution towards the extra costs caused by long term health conditions and disabilities. They are very important to blind and partially sighted people who face a wide range of additional daily living costs. These include, for example, payments to a reader, higher food bills due to difficulties cooking, higher heating costs, the cost of house cleaning and maintenance and the purchase of a wide range of aids and appliances. The help provided by DLA and PIP towards these additional costs makes a real difference to people's independence and quality of life.
Unfortunately this looks set to change. The proposals in the current DWP Consultation on PIP eligibility, if implemented, would mean a dramatic reduction in the amount of help provided or, in some cases, no help at all.
The DWP’s consultation is specifically seeking views on whether to make changes to the current policy on aids and appliances, in the context of the PIP daily living component. If any one of the five proposals go through it will put at risk the support blind and partially sighted people receive to tackle the additional costs faced as a result of their disability.
To make matters worse, the loss of PIP could impact on entitlement to other benefits, such as Carer’s Allowance or benefits that have premiums if you get PIP.
This cannot be right. I am writing to ask you to contact the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to ask him to re-examine the proposals in light of this significant impact on blind people. The consultation (Cm 9171) closes on 29 January.
I rely heavily on these components of benefit and my independence and quality of life would be taken Away if legislation was to change. As you are my MP I urge you to please do something about this and contact Mr Smith.
Thanking you in advance
Kindest Regards:
TheBlindJournalist
Mohammed Salim Patel
theblindjournalist.blogspot.co.uk
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