Important survey. The below is a copy of an email from DIAL - If you read this and know anyone on DLA please let them know where they can find this. Important.
The Government is planning to cut DLA expenditure by 20%, introduce a new assessment, limit the care component (to be renamed ‘daily living’) to two rates and re-title the benefit ‘Personal Independence Payment’.
The survey is a little long (but should take no more than 20 minutes to complete) Disability Alliance would like as strong a response as possible with your help - to make sure they cover as many angles as possible in defending DLA. The issue is, of course, not simple, and requires some level of detail/length in order to cover all the issues needed.
The survey now includes just Disability Alliance questions and is available at: www.surveymonkey.com/s/dlareform
They have added a further survey covering just the Government consultation questions at: www.surveymonkey.com/s/dlareformgovtquestions
If you would prefer a Word version of the questionnaire(s) then please let Disability Alliance know.
You may want to consider handing them out to your clients and reponses would be welcome by post, email or online.
The closing date for the consultation is 10 February 2011.
Given the importance of this issue, we please ask again that you respond to the survey and highlight it to your clients, users and other organisations and encourage them to do participate too.
Disability Alliance contact details are:
Ken Butler
Tax Credits, Benefits and Membership Advisor
or email kbutler@disabilityalliance.org
Disability Alliance, Universal House, 88-94 Wentworth Street, London E1 7SA
Tel: 020 7247 8776
