Just doing an appeal submission for PCA and one of the arguments is manual dexterity and the old 2p coin. I've argued that coins less than 2p be looked at as well and used tax credits guidance(for once useful) to support it. TCTMO2505 says

“1p, 5p, 10, 20, and £I coins are all less than 2½ centimetres. 2p, 50p and £2 coins are more.”

"2p coin is more"? I measured the 2p coin and I get 2.6 not 2.5 centimetre. Is that right and does it mean they shouldn't be using the bloody coin anyway?

You are absolutely right. The 2p coin is 2.6 cms and should not be used in the PCA. I would love to see a tribunal chair call for a micrometer in the middle of proceedings, to be able to measure one, and then wait for several hours while the nearest precision tool shop is located and the clerk swiftly despatched to fetch one.

Regards
Paul

Thanks Paul. Everybody here is looking at me sideways for the sake of a millimetre but its above what should be used. I've shoved it in to the appeal submission anyway. Win or lose I'll ask for the Statement of Reasons

Let us know how your argument is received.

Isn't there a CD on coin size?

Never let them tell you that size isn't important!!

I seem to remember someone something similar some time ago it may have been on the old forums. I think they were challenging the wording of the IB50 but I may be mistaken. Maybe Shawn can find it???

I remember getting a ruler out at the time and agreeing, but I can't remember whether they got anywhere with it.

related thread ??

http://www.rightsnet.org.uk/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=100&topic_id=104&mesg_id=105

That's it - the musings of Steve Donnison are as good as a CD to me (if not a tribunal, but that's their loss).

I think the trouble with all of this is finding a case that turns on the matter, but that it is well worth pursuing if you can find one.

If anyone notices a fiery glow in the South Western sky, don't worry, it's not Hinkley B power station finally melting down, just me blushing furiously.

Today is a good day: I got a compliment and broadband for the first time ever. First time for broadband that is: I had a compliment once before . . . but then somebody turned the light on.

Thank you,

Steve

You're welcome Steve - although you might not have got as much of a compliment from me if you'd had a search facility on benefitsandwork which meant I'd not had to trawl through lots of your site looking for this stuff (and not finding it cos it was here on Rightsnet) and realised how much important and useful information was on it.

As there is on here too, Shawn and Ken, lest anyone think I was putting in Trojan horses.

I think you're _all_ wonderful.

Thanks Shawn, that's the one I couldn't find