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New rules for Personal Independence Payments (PIP) will begin in August, the Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed. Across the country more than three million people now claim the benefit, which is intended to support people with long-term ailments and disabilities access help with extra living and mobility costs.
However, the DWP says a new approach to part of the process will be adopted from next month. This relates to claimants with "high levels of functional impairment" and no likelihood of improvements to their condition, who get an ongoing awardof PIP that hasno end date.
These claimants undergo a minimal review after 10 years to check eligibility and payment levels. PIP began replacing Disability Living Allowance for those aged 16 to 64 in 2013.
The DWP told BirminghamLive: "Reviews are a key feature of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and ensure that payments accurately match the current needs of claimants. For those with long-term conditions and with an ongoing award, the intention has always been to have a light touch review appropriate to the needs of the claimant, at the 10-year point (which we are now reaching for the first people who those who began receiving PIP in 2013).
"Award rates and their durations are set on an individual basis, based on the claimant's needs and the likelihood of those needs changing: durations can vary from nine months to an ongoing award.
"Since 2019, most people receiving PIP who reach State Pension age move onto ongoing awards with a light touch review unless it is likely that their needs would change in the shorter term - for example, because of therapy or treatment. We know that when people reach pension age, they are more likely to keep the same PIP award
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