Mandatory Reconsideration - over 30 days from date of PIP decision letter

I have finally found the time and inclination to sit down and complete a mandatory reconsideration request. I thought I was close to the deadline as I received my notification of a zero award on 16th April 2024. I phoned for a copy of the assessment report (which not surprisingly is full of inaccuracies) on 18th April and received it a few days later.

The issue is that I have now noticed that the notification paperwork is dated 26th March 2024. How can it possibly be dated 26th March and not get to me until 16th April??

I am going to send a MR request anyway and state that I didn't receive the notification until 16th April. Call records will show that I spoke to someone from DWP on 18th April and that is the date on the report that I received. I don't imagine they would look up call records but I will have proof of the call on my mobile bill.

I am reading the PIP guide and a lot of it refers to 'appeal' rather than MR. So my question is how much information do I put in my MR? I'd like to put in as much as possible to try and overturn the decision at this stage but if it is likely to still be declined am I wasting my time adding information that will get ignored?

Hi Gordon,

Thank you for your reply. I will include as much information as I can. I found the PIP appeal outline creator on here so I will use that as the basis of my MR. With the exception of one I disagree with every point score.