PIP in Northern Ireland

Looks like Northern Ireland aims to deal with PIP transfers from DLA with additional safeguards. In a written answer on how claimants with poor mental health and wellbeing are supported through changes to the welfare system Minister for Communities, Paul Givan said -

The Personal Independence Payment customer journey in Northern Ireland has additional contact points built in to safeguard existing DLA claimants, such as those with poor mental health, who fail to make a claim when advised to do so. This includes a phone call and also a home visit to encourage and assist the claimant with making the claim. Furthermore, claimants with mental health issues will not be automatically disallowed Personal Independence Payment if they fail to return their PIP2 Questionnaire form, but instead will be invited to attend a face to face consultation.

Useful to see how this works in practice.

http://aims.niassembly.gov.uk/questions/printquestionsummary.aspx?docid=269078

For DLA / PIP this looks very similar to the FOI response Ken Butler received December last year (and posted on Rightsnet), which looked at Vulnerability and Additional Support.
For ESA that seems to be identical to Safeguarding used in GB.