People who KEEP their PIP after a Department for Work and Pensions crackdown in April will receive higher payments. Reports suggest the new Labour Party government could target PIP payments in a brutal blow for disabled people from March in the Labour Party Budget.
It marks a blow for PIP claimants because payments are actually due to RISE a month later, in April. An uprating of 1.7 per cent will see people on disability benefits receive between £29.20 and £187.45 each week, some £116.80 or £749.80 every four-week pay period. Over the course of the financial year, this will see people on the highest awards receive £9,747 in extra cash help.
It’s important to be aware the highest figure of £749.80 is based on someone in receipt of the highest award for both the daily living and mobility components. Attendance Allowance does not include a mobility component.
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If you are thinking about making a claim for PIP an online ‘PIP test’ could help you make up your mind as it gives an indication of the number of points you would be awarded, which in turn, determines the level of award you might receive – standard or enhanced rate.
It’s important to be aware that the free online ‘PIP test’ provided by the independent benefits advisory forum, Benefits and Work, is not a guarantee that someone will be eligible for PIP. An application to the DWP for PIP also takes other eligibility factors into account including supporting evidence on how a disability, physical or mental illness or long term health condition affects you.
According to DWP guidance on GOV.UK, entitlement to PIP is not based on an individual’s health condition or disability alone, but on how much a long term health condition or disability impacts an individual’s daily life or mobility.