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| -$!Some people in England, Scotland and Wales have already been invited to claim Personal Independence Payment (PIP).$! |
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| -If you're still getting Disability Living Allowance (DLA), when you'll be invited to claim PIP depends on when your DLA ends. |
| 4 | +When you’ll be invited to claim Personal Independence Payment (PIP) depends on when your [Disability Living Allowance (DLA)](/dla-disability-living-allowance-benefit) ends. You’ll also be invited to claim PIP if your needs change before your DLA ends. |
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| -You must tell the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) if your care or mobility needs change while you are still getting DLA. You’ll be invited to claim PIP if this happens. |
| 6 | +## Your DLA ends before September 2017 |
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| -###Your DLA ends before September 2017 |
| 8 | +You’ll be told 20 weeks before your DLA ends and invited to claim PIP. |
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| -You'll be told 20 weeks before your DLA ends and invited to claim PIP in most areas. |
| 10 | +Contact the [Disability Benefits helpline](/disability-benefits-helpline) if your DLA payment is due to end in the next 4 weeks and you haven’t received a letter about making a new claim. |
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| -^Contact the [Disability Benefits helpline](/disability-benefits-helpline) if your DLA payment is due to end in less than 4 weeks and you haven’t received a letter about making a new claim. Your payment may stop if you don’t.^ |
| 12 | +^Your payment may stop if you don’t contact the helpline.^ |
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| -###Your DLA ends after September 2017 or your DLA award has no end date |
| 14 | +##Your DLA ends after September 2017 or your DLA award has no end date |
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| -You can be contacted any time after 13 July 2015 to claim PIP. This includes if you have a long-term award of DLA or an indefinite award with no end date. |
| 16 | +You can be contacted any time to claim PIP. This includes if you have a long-term award of DLA or an indefinite award with no end date. |
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| -Not everyone will be contacted to claim PIP right away. You'll continue to get DLA until DWP writes to you about when it will end. |
| 18 | +Not everyone will be contacted to claim PIP right away. You’ll continue to get DLA until Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) writes to you about when it will end. |
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| 20 | +##If your needs change |
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| 22 | +You must let DWP know if your [care or mobility needs change](/dla-disability-living-allowance-benefit/eligibility). You’ll be invited to claim PIP. |
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21 | 24 | *[DLA]: Disability Living Allowance
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| -*[DWP]: Department for Work and Pensions |
23 | 25 | *[PIP]: Personal Independence Payment
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| 26 | +*[DWP]: Department for Work and Pensions |
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