Overview

• PIP claimants planning to leave the UK for more than four weeks must notify the DWP of departure dates, duration, destination and travel purpose to maintain entitlement.
• Both daily living and mobility components halt 28 days after NHS hospital admission unless privately funded, and the daily living component also stops after 28 days in a publicly funded care home.
• Hospital and care home stays separated by fewer than 28 days count as a continuous period under suspension rules, reducing the total payable days.
• Detention in legal custody—whether civil or criminal—leads to PIP payments ending after 28 days with no refunds provided for suspended awards.
• Changes such as updating name, switching doctors or health professionals, moving home or altering bank details do not affect entitlement and need not be reported.