Who is eligible for PIP or ADP?
A person needs to expect their condition to affect them for at least a year from when they started to be impacted.
An individual may qualify if they have difficulties with any of these daily tasks:
- Preparing, cooking or eating food
- Managing medication
- Washing, bathing or using the toilet
- Dressing and undressing
- Engaging and communicating with other people
- Reading and understanding written information
- Making decisions about money
- Planning a journey or following a route
- Moving around.
There are more than 500 conditions that can qualify a person to receive PIP. These are the same of the common types of conditions that may qualify an individual for the benefit:
- Haematological Disease
- Infectious disease
- Malignant disease
- Metabolic disease
- Psychiatric disorders
- Neurological disease
- Visual disease
- Hearing disorders
- Cardiovascular disease
- Gastrointestinal disease
- Diseases of the liver, gallbladder, biliary tract
- Skin disease
- Musculoskeletal disease (general)
- Musculoskeletal disease (regional)
- Autoimmune disease (connective tissue disorders)
- Genitourinary disease
- Endocrine disease
- Respiratory disease
- Multisystem and extremes of age
- Diseases of the immune system.
How much is PIP?
PIP payments are made up of a daily living part and a mobility part, with a lower and higher rate depending on the level of support a person needs.
These are the current weekly rates:
Daily living
- Standard rate: £68.10
- Enhanced rate: £101.75.
Mobility
- Standard rate: £26.90
- Enhanced rate: £71.00.
This means a person who receives both higher rates would get around £691 a month, which on top of the Universal Credit standard allowance would be over £1,000 for single claimants aged 25 or over, or for joint claimants.
These are the current monthly rates for the standard allowance
- Single under 25: £292.11
- Single 25 or over: £368.74
- Joint claimants both under 25: £458.51
- Joint claimants, one or both 25 or over: £578.82.
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