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United Kingdom · Question · Written question

UIN 150792

Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus

answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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8 February 2021

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12 February 2021 · Answer

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12 February 2021

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of extending the one calendar month deadline to request a mandatory reconsideration to allow claimants sufficient time to compile necessar

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  1. 8 February 2021

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of extending the one calendar month deadline to request a mandatory reconsideration to allow claimants sufficient time to compile necessar

    Source: Commons

  2. 12 February 2021

    Answer

    The law provides that if an application is made outside the one month time limit but within 13 months of the decision being disputed, the application will be admitted as in time where the claimant can show there were special circumstances for the late app...

    Source: Written answer

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