Personal independence payment
Resources and information for advisers on personal independence payment (PIP).
Relevant to
England,
Wales,
Note:
Appealing a PIP decision? See: PIP appeals.
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 were getting PIP and lived in Scotland prior to 6 November 2025, you should have been transferred to ADP without needing to make a claim for it.
For more information, see our Welfare Benefits Handbook (for subscribers):
Online handbooks
Welfare Benefits Handbook (for subscribers):
Disability Rights Handbook (for subscribers):
Articles
The most recent articles on personal independence payment from our Welfare Rights Bulletin:
- PIP and work (December 2025)
- ‘To an acceptable standard’ in PIP (August 2025)
- Safely does it in PIP (for subscribers) (December 2024)
- 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)
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]).
Caselaw summaries
Summaries of PIP caselaw from our Welfare Rights Bulletin:
Caselaw summaries: personal independence payment
Activities, descriptors and points
The descriptors, points and definitions for the PIP assessment:
Briefing
Our response to the the Pathways to Work green paper and subsequent Spring Statement:
Training courses
Find out about our training courses relevant to PIP:
Early Warning System
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: