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Govt withdraws appeal in ‘LB’
Written Statement from the Work and Pensions Secretary:
On Wednesday 13th June I received confirmation that the Court of Appeal had consented to my Department’s application to withdraw the appeal in the LB case, and I am pleased to confirm the claimant will be receiving arrears of benefit as soon as possible.
My Department has now begun work to apply the law as stated by the Upper Tribunal in LB and will take all steps necessary to implement it in the best interests of all affected claimants for the period 28 November 2016 (the date of the Upper Tribunal decision in LB) to 16 March 2017 (when the amendment to activity 3 came into force). This work will include a review exercise later in the year. We expect that around 1,000 claimants will be affected.
A summary of the UT’s decision in LB is available from rightsnet: https://www.rightsnet.org.uk/welfare-rights/caselaw/item/meaning-and-scope-of-therapy-in-activity-3-limitations-making-budgeting-dec
The full decision is here: https://www.gov.uk/administrative-appeals-tribunal-decisions/secretary-of-state-for-work-and-pensions-v-lb-pip-2016-ukut-0530-aac
No mention of withdrawing the March ‘17 amendments, as they have done with Mobility though?