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Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a benefit for people with a long-term health condition or impairment, which can be physical, sensory, mental, cognitive, intellectual, or any combination of these. It is paid by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to make a contribution to the extra costs that disabled people may face, to help them lead full, active and independent lives.
The benefit is not means tested and is non-taxable and non-contributory. This means that entitlement to the benefit is not dependent on a person’s financial status or on whether they have paid National Insurance contribution s. PIP can be paid to those who are in full or part-time work as well as those out of work.
The final part of a new PIP claim involves an assessment, which looks at an individual’s ability to carry out a series of everyday activities. The assessment considers the overall impact of a claimant’s health condition or impairment on their functional ability, rather than focusing on a particular diagnosis.
Updated guidance on GOV.UK clarifies that PIP is “not a compensation payment for ill health / disability; it is to help people with the increased costs of daily living in cases of long-term ill health or disability”.
It adds: “PIP sits alongside support provided by the NHS and local authorities and is not meant to duplicate that support.”
The activities explored during the PIP assessment are:
Each activity contains a series of descriptors which describe increasing levels of difficulty with carrying out the activity.
The total scores for all of the activities related to each component determine entitlement for that component. The entitlement threshold for each component is 8 points for the standard rate and 12 points for the
This week’s guest is Joel Edgerton.
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