A successful claim for PIP or Adult Disability Payment is worth between £28.70 and £184.30 each week.
The latest statistics from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that 661,620 Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments were conducted over the telephone between February 2022 and January 2023. The figure accounts for 66 per cent of all assessments and includes new claims, award reviews and change of circumstances. Data shared at the time by DWP showed that 69,570 (7%) of all assessments conducted over that period were done in-person through ace-to-face consultations.
There were also 179,390 (18.1%) paper-based assessments and 69,140 (7%) completed over a video call. At the end of October 2023, there were 294,000 new PIP claims waiting to be processed and a further 445,000 existing claimants due an award review.
To help people prepare for a PIP assessment, below is everything you need to know about them - whatever the format. If you are invited to attend a PIP assessment - as part of a new claim or an award review - it could be in-person, over the phone or by video call. Successful PIP claimants could receive between £28.
70 and £184.30 every week - as PIP is paid every four weeks, this amounts to between £114.80 and £737.
20 every pay period. It's important to be aware that Adult Disability Payment (ADP) has replaced PIP for new claimants living in Scotland. Existing PIP claimants will be transferred to the devolved payment by the end of 2025 in a stagger.
