The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has released new guidelines on eligibility for PIP payments.
The Personal Independence Payment, or PIP, is a package which provides support to those who suffer from a chronic disease or other disability.
Payments have shot up by 10.1 per cent along with many other benefits, including Universal Credit, as reported by the Express.
For at least three months prior to filing a claim, a person must have one of the qualifying medical conditions, and they must anticipate continuing to be affected by it for at least the next nine months.
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The DWP has published guides to help Brits understand how the benefit works:
- Getting help from Personal Independence Payment
- How to claim Personal Independence Payment
- Supporting information for Personal Independence Payment
- What to expect at the Personal Independence Payment Assessment
- Important things to know about the Personal Independence Payment decision.
Since there are lower and higher rates depending on how much assistance a person requires with their daily life and with getting around, applicants are evaluated to determine what level of support they need.
With the 10.1 per cent uprating, these are the new rates:
- Standard rate: £68.10
- Enhanced rate: £101.75
Mobility component
- Standard rate: £26.90
- Enhanced rate: £71.00.
These are the primary categories of disabilities that, in all, cover more than 500 conditions and are currently covered under PIP. The figure reflects the total number of applicants for that category:
- Haematological Disease - 7,577
- Infectious disease - 10,962
- Malignant disease - 100,863
- Metabolic disease - 4,782
- Psychiatric disorders - 1,206,838
- Neurological disease - 411,887
- Visual disease - 57,180
- Hearing disorders - 34,399
- Cardiovascular disease - 83,568
- Gastrointestinal disease - 29,036
- Diseases of the liver, gallbladder, biliary tract -11,770
- Skin disease - 21,375
- Musculoskeletal disease (general) - 649,780
- Musculoskeletal disease (regional) - 387,128
- Autoimmune disease (connective tissue disorders) - 17,997
- Genitourinary disease - 24,777
- Endocrine disease - 43,288
- Respiratory disease - 136,757
- Multisystem and extremes of age - 1,235
- Diseases of the immune system - 1,081
- Unknown or missing - 10,547.
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