People who have a long-term physical or mental health condition or disability may be entitled to Personal Independence Payments.
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) can help with extra living costs if you have both a long-term physical or mental health condition or disability and difficulty doing certain everyday tasks or getting around because of your condition.
There are two parts to PIP a daily living part for if you need help with everyday tasks and a mobility part for if you need help with getting around.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will assess how difficult you find daily living and mobility tasks. Whether you get one or both parts and how much you get depends on how difficult you find everyday tasks and getting around.
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Between April 2013, when PIP began, and January 2023, over six million claims have been registered for PIP, and 6.4 million of the registered claims have been cleared. As of January 31 2023, there were 2.9 million claims with entitlement to PIP.
The five most commonly recorded disabling conditions for claims are:
- psychiatric disorder (37% of claims)
- musculoskeletal disease (general) (20% of claims)
- neurological disease (13% of claims)
- musculoskeletal disease (regional) (12% of claims)
- respiratory disease (4% of claims)
The most common category recorded for normal rules claims at assessment is 'psychiatric disorders'. 75% of claims classified as having 'psychiatric disorders' at assessment fall into one of the following five sub groups:
- Mixed anxiety and depressive disorders
- Mood disorders
- Autistic spectrum disorders
- Learning disability global
- Psychotic disorders
In 2021, the DWP revealed a list of 21 health conditions that are most likely to be eligible for back pay of up to £12,000, after judges ruled assessments hadn't been carried out correctly.
They were:
- Agoraphobia
- Alcohol misuse
- Anxiety and depressive disorders (mixed)
- Anxiety disorders
- Autism
- Bipolar affective disorder (Hypomania / Mania)
- Cognitive disorders
- Dementia
- Depressive disorder
- Drug misuse
- Learning disability
- Mood disorders
- Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD
- Panic disorder
- Personality disorder
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Psychotic disorders
- Schizoaffective disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Stress reaction disorders
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