are Sent from my iPhone > On 26 Feb 2014, at 22:04, "Debby McCallan" <debramccallan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Good rant. > According to last night's In Touch taking. RNIB have not yet taken the > Government to court yet. RNIB have taken DWP to court with 5 cases at the > moment and have more on the way. > Let's hope something comes out of them. > If on-line banking is safe enough why not benefits etc? I've never > understood. > Debs > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shaun O'Connor" <capricorn8159@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 7:25 PM > Subject: [access-uk] Re: DLA Entitlement Letter availability digitally. > > >> I think the government should be pushed yet further on this point. >> where a person is identified as blind or visually impaired important >> documents that directly affect their entitlement and which are issued by >> government agenceis, should be presented int e format most readily >> accessible by the recipient and that, where a government agency fails >> to comply with such request, and as a consequence, a entailment loses >> entitlement of benefit or as a consequence theror is unduly penalized. >> that claimant shoud be entitled as of right to compensation and or >> waiver of any penalty a government attempts to impse by attempting to >> assert none compliance with a letter sent by such agency or agencies >> including but not limited to, such sub agencies as the government shall >> so employ to carry out its work whether they be public bodies or private >> sector entities.. >> >> ok rant over >> >> regards. >> Sean >>> On 26/02/2014 18:58, Eleanor Burke wrote: >>> You need to be talking to RNIB as per last night's In Touch programme. It >>> would appear that RNIB is taking the government to court re this very issue >>> of accessable formats. I would do the following, listen to the programme >>> and then contact RNIB tomorrow. >>> >>> Eleanor >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of >>> C. M. B. >>> Sent: 26 February 2014 18:54 >>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> Subject: [access-uk] DLA Entitlement Letter availability digitally. >>> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> Does anybody know if there is a way to receive a copy of one's DLA >>> entitlement letter digitally? e.g. through direct.gov or gov.uk or something >>> like that? The DWP seem extremely reluctant to send a copy digitally even >>> through encrypted email (I'm not talking about simple SSL or such, I'm >>> talking advanced encryption where only sender-receiver can access the >>> contents of the email, ignore that if you don't know what I'm talking about, >>> I don't want to baffle everybody with a long essay of how there are better >>> ways of encrypting emails). >>> >>> It's a royal pain in the backside to have to wait 2 weeks for a DLA >>> entitlement letter every 3 months when a certain company likes to see one >>> that is recent and I've been lucky to arrange a lot of online communications >>> with certain companies to do this. >>> >>> It seems rather backwards for the Government to go so-called digital with >>> Gov.uk and such and not even communicate digitally with those who find it >>> much easier and more efficient to access their own information that way. >>> It's all very well filling in forms online and such, but it would be nice to >>> get our proof letter copies online somehow. >>> >>> Anyway, I'd appreciate any suggestions on how to go about this, especially >>> if anyone has managed to do this. >>> >>> Kindly, >>> Craig Blake** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- >>> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] >>> ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: >>> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> ** and in the Subject line type >>> ** unsubscribe >>> ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the >>> ** immediately-following link:- >>> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] >>> ** or send a message, to >>> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq >>> >>> >>> ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- >>> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] >>> ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: >>> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> ** and in the Subject line type >>> ** unsubscribe >>> ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the >>> ** immediately-following link:- >>> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] >>> ** or send a message, to >>> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq >> >> ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- >> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] >> ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: >> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> ** and in the Subject line type >> ** unsubscribe >> ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the >> ** immediately-following link:- >> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] >> ** or send a message, to >> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1432 / Virus Database: 3705/6626 - Release Date: 02/26/14 > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq