Hi Janed,
This does seem an excessive amount of time - of the 2 reviews I had last year and this year, one took 11 weeks, and another 6 weeks. I did, during my first assessment, have my UC stopped for 5 weeks also, which did cause me issues with other payments, but this year, it was fine.
Chris.
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