an adviser guide to personal independence payment regulations & case law
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Daily living
- Activity 1: Preparing food
- Activity 2: Taking nutrition
- Activity 3: Managing therapy or monitoring a health condition
- Activity 4: Washing and bathing
- Activity 5: Managing toilet needs or incontinence
- Activity 6: Dressing and undressing
- Activity 7: Communicating verbally
- Activity 8: Reading and understanding signs, symbols and words
- Activity 9: Engaging with other people face to face
- Activity 10: Making budgeting decisions
Mobility
Issues
Conditions
- ADHD
- Anxiety and depression
- Arthritis and joint pain
- Autism
- Back and neck pain
- Breathing problems
- Diabetes
- Dizziness
- Eating disorder
- Epilepsy
- Fatigue
- Foot and leg problems
- Hand and arm problems
- Hearing impairment
- Immune deficiency
- Incontinence
- Learning disability
- Multiple sclerosis
- Obsessive compulsive disorder
- Psychosis
- Renal issues
- Schizophrenia
- Skin disorder
- Substance misuse
- Visual impairment
Choose from the options above for details of regulations and case law relating to the personal independence payment assessment. You can search by activity, issue or health condition to find out more about the legal framework and how the Upper Tribunal has interpreted the law.
We hope that pipinfo will help advisers in assisting people to make a new claim for personal independence payment, and in challenging decisions to refuse, or award a lower rate of, the benefit.
Note: in April 2024, the Conservative Government launched Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability green paper seeking views on proposals to change the eligibility criteria for personal independence payment, remove the assessment process for specific health conditions or disabilities, and explore alternative approaches to ongoing cash support such as one-off grants or vouchers. The consultation closed on 23 July 2024.
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