PIP is run by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and helps individuals who reside with a situation that impacts their every day life and talent to get round.

There have been greater than 3.1 million individuals claiming PIP in October final 12 months.

Britons can declare PIP if they're over 16 and have skilled difficulties for the previous 12 months.

Claimants have to be underneath state pension age in the event that they’ve not acquired PIP earlier than.

If somebody is over the state pension age, they will apply for Attendance Allowance as a substitute.

Entitlement to PIP doesn't cease when a claimant reaches state pension age or once they begin to withdraw from their pension.

If somebody claims PIP after state pension age, the DWP will often give them an ‘indefinite award’. This means there’s no finish date to their declare.

If somebody is already getting PIP once they attain state pension age, the DWP will flip it into an indefinite award.

PIP claimants underneath the state pension age could also be reviewed at any time – even when they've been awarded PIP for a set period of time.

If a person has acquired PIP earlier than, they will nonetheless make a brand new declare in the event that they have been eligible for it within the 12 months earlier than they reached state pension age.

They can solely declare PIP for a medical situation if both:

• they claimed for a similar situation as a part of their final PIP declare
• it developed out of a situation they claimed as a part of your final PIP declare

Citizens Advice gave the following instance: “If your last claim was for diabetes and your diabetes has now made it harder for you to see, you can now claim PIP for your diabetes and your sight loss.”

If somebody claims PIP after state pension age, there are further guidelines in regards to the ‘mobility component’. The mobility part is for the additional assist individuals must get round.

Claimants can’t:

• begin getting the mobility part except they received it of their final PIP declare
• get the improved fee of the mobility part in the event that they solely received the usual fee of their final PIP declare

These guidelines apply even when one’s medical situation has gotten worse.

The profit shouldn't be means-tested that means individuals can get it no matter how a lot they earn, or any financial savings they may have.

PIP consists of two components, with a fee for the way the situation impacts an individual’s every day life and a fee for the way it impacts their mobility.

People who apply for the assist are given an evaluation to find out in the event that they want a decrease or greater degree of assist.

These are the present weekly charges for the profit, which is paid each 4 weeks:

Daily dwelling part

· Standard fee: £68.10

· Enhanced fee: £101.75.

Mobility part

· Standard fee: £26.90

· Enhanced fee: £71.

To begin a declare, individuals must name the DWP on 0800 917 2222. They might want to fill out and return it earlier than being assessed.

Before calling, individuals ought to have their contact particulars, date of start, nationwide insurance coverage quantity, checking account particulars and their physician’s particulars readily available.

More data may be discovered on the Government’s web site.