PIP is currently worth between £114.80 and £737.20 every four-week payment period.
The latest figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that there are now 3.5 million people across Great Britain claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP). The data also indicates there are more than 650,800 people over State Pension age in receipt of the disability payment.
During the current financial year, thousands of people over State Pension age in Scotland, England and Wales will receive support of between £114.80 and £737.20 every four-week pay period.
It’s important to be aware that new claims for PIP have been replaced in Scotland by Adult Disability Payment (ADP), so the figures could be higher as more existing claimants are transferred from DWP to the devolved Social Security Scotland IT system. Many people over 57 and nearing State Pension age may not be aware of a change to PIP guidance in 2019 that states “claimants whose review would have taken place when they were of State Pension age means that they are now generally awarded ongoing awards”. Award types and review periods are set on an individual basis, based on the claimant’s needs and the likelihood of those needs changing.
It takes into account such matters as planned treatment/therapy or learning/adapting to manage a condition. Guidance from DWP states: The full, New State Pension is now worth £221.20 each week (£884.
80 every 4-week pay period) and the Basic State Pension up to £169.50 (.
