A new development in the way Personal Independence Payment (PIP) can be claimed has been revealed. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) shared details of the new 'online apply service' which is currently being operated on a "small-scale test" basis.
According to reports, the service is currently only being offered to 60 new claimants each day. Those claimants are people who call the PIP phone line to start their application.
Latest figures from the DWP show that at the end of January 2023, the number of people claiming PIP had risen to more than 3.25 million. This figure does not include the 23,660 Scots now in receipt of Adult Disability Payment, a system that replaced new claims for PIP north of the border.
