Overview

• The DWP’s latest easy-read handbook explains what to expect at PIP assessments and how to prepare supporting evidence.
• Plans to tighten eligibility thresholds for PIP remain on hold pending Sir Stephen Timms’s co-produced review.
• PIP offers payments from £29.20 per week up to £749.80 per month across daily living and mobility components based on functional impact.
• Entitlement to PIP is non-means tested and does not depend on work status, income, savings or having a formal medical diagnosis.
• Persistent myths—such as needing to be unemployed or spending funds only on care—are preventing many eligible disabled people from applying.