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- Conditions of Entitlement
- Assessment Criteria
- Access to Other Benefits and Services
- Pip and Existing Dla Claimants
- How to Make A Claim
- Completing The ‘How Your Disability Affects You’ Form
- Assessment Process and Assessment Providers
- Decision and Payment
- Changes in Circumstances, Needs and Other Notifiable Changes
- If A Claimant Might Have 12 Months Or Less to Live
Required period condition
In order to be entitled to PIP, claimants have to satisfy a qualifying period of 3 months and a prospective test of 9 months. These 2 conditions are referred to as the ‘required period condition’ and help establish that the health condition or disability is likely to be long term. The qualifying period establishes that the claimant has had the needs for a certain period of time before entitlement can start, and the prospective test shows they are likely to have continuing needs for a specifie...
Residence and presence
Claimants will need to be present in Great Britain, habitually resident in the United Kingdom (UK), Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man and not subject to immigration control. They must have been present for at least 104 weeks out of the last 156 weeks in Great Britain. We treat serving members of His Majesty’s Forces and their families as habitually resident in Great Britain when serving and stationed abroad. A temporary absence abroad for up to 13 weeks may be allowed, or up to...
Age
Children under the age of 16 are not eligible to claim PIP – they can claim DLAand continue to do so until they are 16. PIP cannot be claimed from age State Pension age except in certain circumstances where there has been a recent award of benefit. Entitlement can continue after State Pension age if a claimant is already in receipt of PIPwhen they reach this age, providing they continue to satisfy the conditions of entitlement.
PIPhas 2 components – daily living and mobility. Both components are payable at a standard or enhanced rate, depending on the claimant’s needs. To determine entitlement to the 2 components and the level of payment, individuals are assessed on their ability to complete a number of key everyday activities. For example, this could be relating to their...
Entitlement to PIPprovides a gateway or passport to other benefits, such as Carer’s Allowance, and schemes sponsored by other departments, such as the Blue Badge scheme. For many benefits and schemes there are additional qualifying conditions. For some schemes, such as Blue Badge, there are alternative ways of accessing the benefit that do not rely...
PIPis for people aged over 16 and under State Pension age. DLA is ending for people who were aged 16 to 64 on 8 April 2013 (the day PIPwas introduced). It is also ending for people who turn 16 after this date.
To start a claim for PIP, the claimant should contact us using the details on the ‘How to claim’ page of the PIP claimant guide. These details are for new claims to PIPonly. Anyone who has already claimed PIP or has a general query about PIP should call the Disability Service Centre. The telephone call can be made by someone supporting the claimant...
The form will have a personalised barcode and contain basic claimant details, so it should only be used by the person it is sent to. An information booklet will be sent with the form which claimants should read before they start to fill the form in. The claimant has one calendar month to return the completed ‘How your disability affects you’ form. ...
The PIP assessment will be delivered by assessment providers working in partnership with DWP. Sometimes we can make a decision by using just the written information a claimant sends us, but some people will be asked to attend a face-to-face consultation with a health professional. The face-to-face consultation will be conducted by a health professi...
PIP decision
The DWP decision maker will make a reasoned decision on entitlement. If the claimant is entitled to PIP, they will also decide the level of award and the length of any award. In all cases the decision maker will make a decision based on all the available evidence, such as: 1. the report from the assessment provider 2. the ‘How your disability affects you’ form 3. any additional evidence that the claimant has provided, or 4. further evidence that the assessment provider has given If the decisi...
PIP award and reviews
The decision maker will make an award of PIPbased on the impact of the claimant’s health condition or disability on their daily life and their ability to live independently. The length of award will be based upon each claimant’s individual circumstances. PIPawards can vary in length. The shortest award is 9 months. The longest is an ongoing award with a ‘light touch’ review at 10 years. Most claimants will have their award regularly reviewed, regardless of the length of the award. This will m...
Ongoing awards with a ‘light touch’ review
This is for claimants who have: 1. very stable needs which are unlikely to change over time 2. high level needs which will either stay the same or get worse 3. a planned award review date due on or at State Pension age 4. a special rules for end of lifeclaim due when of State Pension age These claimants would not usually be expected to have a face-to-face assessment at review.
We need to know if the claimant’s condition, the amount of help they need or their circumstances change. This is because it may change how much PIP they can get.Depending on the change, your PIPcould go up, go down, stay the same or stop. It is important the claimant tells DWP straight away about any changes in their life that could affect their be...
There are special rules that allow people who are nearing the end of life to get help quickly when they claim PIP. This is when their doctor or a medical professional has said they might have 12 months or less to live. Claims made under the special rules for end of life criteria follow a different process, so are dealt with more quickly than standa...
To start your claim online you’ll need your: National Insurance number. email address. mobile phone. Check if you can apply for PIP online
PIP: digital forms and online claims. Some personal independence payment (PIP) claimants can now complete all or part of their application online. Confusingly, there are two separate initiatives at work.
Use the Turn2us PIP Helper to learn how to manage each stage of your PIP (personal independence payment) application process.
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) - how and when to claim, rates, eligibility, change of circumstances, claiming due to a terminal illness.
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Fill in the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) form. When you start your claim for Personal Independence Payment (PIP), the. Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) sends you a form to fill in. You can choose whether you receive a paper form or a link to an online form.
