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Your reconsideration letter

A reconsideration letter asks the DWP to look at your claim again. This one uses the words already in your log, with the date you wrote each one.

Be ready for this stage. Not many decisions change at reconsideration. But it is a step you need. More than half of the people who go on to appeal win. Your letter starts the record that wins later.

A draft in your words. Read every line and change anything that is not right before you send it.

See the answers for the formSee the letter for your GP or nurse

Every quoted line was checked back against your log before it reached this page.

PIP2 is the form called How your disability affects you. The question numbers below match it.

Mandatory reconsideration request

To the decision maker,

I am asking you to look again at the decision on my Personal Independence Payment claim.

Name: Sarah National Insurance number: [your National Insurance number] Date of the decision: [the date on your decision letter] Date of this letter: [today's date]

I am not sending new evidence. Everything below was already in my own daily log at the time of the decision. I have set it out activity by activity, with the wording I say applies, my own words, and the date I wrote them.

Question 3 on the form

Activity 1. Preparing food

For Activity 1: Preparing food, the descriptor that applies to me and that I am asking for is 1e: “Needs supervision or assistance to either prepare or cook a simple meal.” This descriptor is worth 4 points.

In my own words: “Tried to cook pasta, had to sit down twice and left the hob on.”E1 I wrote this on 23 April 2026, 15 June 2026 and 20 July 2026.

My daily log supports that descriptor 1e applies to me on 71% of the days I wrote in. This is more than half of those days.

The decision in RJ and others v SSWP [2017] UKUT 105 (AAC) helps me because it explains that cooking is not safe if there is a real chance of harm you cannot ignore.

Question 14 on the form

Activity 12. Moving around

For Activity 12 Moving around, the descriptor that applies to me is 12c: “Can stand and then move unaided more than 20 metres but no more than 50 metres.” This is the descriptor I am asking you to apply.

In my own words in my log I wrote “Got about forty metres up the street before my legs went.”E2 I wrote this on 24 April 2026, 18 June 2026 and 11 July 2026.

My log supports descriptor 12c on 64% of the days I wrote in. This is more than half of the days in my log.

The decision in PS v SSWP [2016] UKUT 326 (AAC) helps me because it says pain must be taken into account when judging my walking distance.

What I am asking for

I am asking you to look again at the points for the activities above, using the words in my log.

If you decide not to change the decision, please tell me which part of this evidence you did not accept and why, so I know what to do next.

Yours faithfully, Sarah [your address]

Your evidence list

Each line below comes from your log and shows the date you wrote it. The letter points to these numbers.

  1. E123 April 2026, 15 June 2026 and 20 July 2026“Tried to cook pasta, had to sit down twice and left the hob on.”
  2. E224 April 2026, 18 June 2026 and 11 July 2026“Got about forty metres up the street before my legs went.”

What happens after you send this

After you send this, the DWP may phone you. They may want to explain their decision, or ask for more medical evidence. That is normal. You can stay polite and keep this letter as your answer. Ask them to carry on with the reconsideration. You do not have to decide anything on the phone.

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