Fri 28-Mar-08 10:03 AM by paul__moorhouse
Did he have an OT assessement done which confirms he needs wheelchair access and that adapting the old house was not a viable option? I would have thought that that ought to be accepted as sufficient evidence. But I generally don't find DWP are awkward about seeking evidence from people who are terminally ill, they just make up for this by demanding impossible levels of evidence from everyone else.
I don't see any problem with your second question. Are you concerned about the 'qualifying period'?
If your clients have been on IS, albeit not including ISMI, for more than 39 weeks then there won't be any qualifiying period to serve.
If they have not and have to serve a qualifying period, I still don't think that there is an issue as Para 4 (9) of Schedule 3 says 'the loan WAS TAKEN OUT..... to acquire alternative accommodation more suited to the special needs of a disabled person than the accommodation which was occupied before the acquisition by the claimant.' So the test applies only at the time that the loan is taken out, not at the time that ISMI starts to be paid.
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