Personal independence payment
Resources and information for advisers on personal independence payment (PIP).
If you live in Scotland
If you live in Scotland, you cannot make a new claim for PIP but instead can claim adult disability payment (ADP). If you already get PIP and live in Scotland, the Scottish government will transfer you to ADP automatically. Social Security Scotland has said it expects to have transferred all disability and carer benefits from the DWP to Social Security Scotland by the end of 2025. For more information, see our Welfare Rights Bulletin article: Moving to ADP in Scotland.
Online handbooks
Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook (for subscribers):
Mental Health and Benefits Handbook:
Disability Rights Handbook (for subscribers):
Articles
The most recent articles on personal independence payment from our Welfare Rights Bulletin:
- Are assessments and PIP transforming? (October 2024) (for subscribers)
- ‘Cross-examined’? How the tribunal asks questions (April 2024)
- PIP and diagnosis (February 2024)
- PIP reassessment delays (February 2023)
- PIP: digital forms and online claims (April 2022)
- Latest offers – PIP appeals (October 2021)
- Delayed assessments for disability benefits (February 2021)
Tools and templates
Tools
Our tools to help you draft a mandatory reconsideration letter or appeal submission to challenge a PIP decision (for subscribers):
- Personal independence payment: mandatory reconsideration letter
- Personal independence payment - prepare an appeal submission
Judicial pre-action protocol letter templates
If you are an adviser, see our judicial review (JR) pre-action protocol template letters:
For copies of the JR template letters, advice about whether JR is the appropriate route, and for help with adapting the templates, contact our Judicial Review Project ([email protected]).
Factsheets
Our factsheet giving the descriptors, points and definitions for the PIP assessment:
Briefings
Our briefing on the previous government’s response to the Work and Pensions Committee’s inquiry:
Early Warning System eBulletins
Our Early Warning System (EWS) eBulletin (April 2022) for England and Wales covers:
- Applying for PIP online
- Problems with medical assessments
- DWP decision letters
The EWS gathers information and evidence on the impact of changes to the benefit system. Send us details of cases: