Use this template letter to confirm the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has extended the deadline for you to return your PIP claim form. You need to phone and ask for an extension before you send this letter.
When you’ve completed the letter, print it out and send it by post to the address on the letter that came with your claim form. If you can’t find this, call the PIP claims helpline to find out the address.
Personal Independence Payment claim line
Telephone: 0800 917 2222
Textphone: 0800 917 7777
Relay UK – if you can’t hear or speak on the phone, you can type what you want to say: 18001 then 0800 917 2222
You can use Relay UK with an app or a textphone. There’s no extra charge to use it. Find out how to use Relay UK on the Relay UK website.
Video relay – if you use British Sign Language (BSL).
You can find out how to use video relay on YouTube.
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Sam Hoolin
8 Park Avenue Arlton AL1 4CA
14 April 2024
Reference number: 89328-23 To whom it may concern, Re: PIP claim for Sam Hoolin – National Insurance number: FR 45 76 67 A Following my phone call on 2 November 2022, I am writing to confirm that you’ve agreed to extend the deadline to return my PIP2 claim form. I asked for this extension because:I need more time because I need help from my advicor.
The original deadline was 6 November 2022. I understand that I have been given an extension and the new deadline for returning my form is 4 December 2022. Please could you write to me to confirm this is correct. Yours faithfully, Sam Hoolin