This article provides a detailed overview of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and its Scottish counterpart, Adult Disability Payment (ADP). It explains the assessment process, eligibility criteria, and how payment rates are determined.
The latest figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show there are now more than 3.6 million adults across Great Britain claiming Personal Independence Payment ( PIP ), including 80,000 living in Scotland. However, it's important to be aware that Adult Disability Payment ( ADP ) has replaced all new claims for PIP for people living north of the border.
The devolved benefit is delivered by Social Security Scotland, and while it follows the same payment award rates and largely similar eligibility criteria as PIP, the information in this article should only be viewed as a guide - full details on ADP can be found here. \The most important thing to understand about the PIP claims process is that awards are based on how your condition, long-term illness or disability affects you - not the actual condition itself. The DWP makes this distinction clear in the 2024 edition of the online PIP Handbook. The guidance on GOV.UK explains: 'As the assessment principles consider the impact of a claimant’s condition on their ability to live independently and not the condition itself, claimants with the same condition may get different outcomes. The outcome is based on an independent assessment and all available evidence.' \When you are assessed for PIP, a health professional will look at your ability to carry out a range of daily living activities and mobility activities. The health professional will consider whether your health condition or disability limits your ability to carry out the activities and how much help you need with them. The health professional will then write a report for the PIP decision maker who will use all the evidence and decide whether you are entitled to the benefit, at what rate and for how long. PIP is made up of two parts, the daily living component and the mobility component. Each component can be paid at either the standard rate or the enhanced rate. The DWP PIP decision maker will determine whether your ability to carry out the component is limited, in which case you will be paid the standard rate, or if it is severely limited, in which case you will receive the enhanced rate. For those applying for ADP in Scotland, independent health professionals are not used, the entire application process is conducted in-house by Social Security Scotland
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