A successful claim for PIP is currently worth between £26.90 and £182.75 each week.
The 2024 edition of the Personal Independence Payment online handbook provides detailed guidance about the disability benefit including eligibility, assessment criteria, fluctuating conditions and specific areas looked at for the daily living and mobility components. The publication also contains a sample copy of the 50-page, ‘PIP2: how your disability affects you’ evidence form, which could help break down barriers that may be preventing people from making a new claim.
You can view the sample copy on the GOV.UK website here, below is a quick overview of the questions, descriptors and points available for each - to receive the standard rate of PIP you need at least 8 points, for the enhanced rate, you need 12 or more. Top Money Stories Today Daily living component You might get the daily living component of PIP if you need help with:The guidance on GOV.UK states: You do not have to have a physical disability to get the mobility part. You might also be eligible if you have difficulty getting around because of a cognitive or mental health condition, like anxiety.
The Citizen’s Advice website has a whole section dedicated to this along with a downloadable guide to all the points awarded for each response - you can view this here. An example they use is that there are six descriptors for ‘Dressing and undressing’, ranging from ‘Can dress and undress unaided’ to ‘Cannot dress or undress at all’.
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