DWP PIP claimants most likely to get ongoing benefit payments of £737 a month

PIP is the main disablement payment successful the UK, and the payments assistance with the other costs of having a disablement oregon aesculapian information and astir 3.6million radical assertion it

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has revealed which 4 groups of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants get "ongoing" awards of up to £737 a month.

According to its latest figures - and archetypal reported by the Daily Record - implicit 1.5 cardinal (41%) of each 3.6million PIP claimants person been granted a payment grant for 5 years oregon more. PIP is the main disability payment in the UK, and the payments assistance with the other costs of having a disablement oregon aesculapian condition. It is not an retired of enactment benefit, and you tin person the payments whether you person a occupation oregon not.

If your assertion is accepted, you are awarded the payment for a definite magnitude of time, specified arsenic 2 oregon 3 years. An "ongoing" grant - besides known arsenic an "indefinite" grant - is erstwhile the claimant has a information that is apt to either enactment the aforesaid oregon get worse implicit a agelong play of time. The maximum is simply a 10 twelvemonth award, though the DWP reports them arsenic being "five years oregon longer".

As of the extremity of October, a full of 1,501,215 radical crossed Scotland, England, Wales, and those surviving overseas were successful receipt of an ongoing grant owed to their disability, semipermanent illness, oregon carnal oregon intelligence wellness condition.

The DWP's information revealed that much than 58% of PIP recipients with ocular impairments received up to £737.20 monthly for astatine slightest 5 years. Additionally, implicit fractional of the claimants with wide musculoskeletal issues (50.8%), specified arsenic arthritis oregon associated pain, and astir fractional (49.5%) of those with neurological conditions similar epilepsy oregon aggregate sclerosis, secured longer-term awards.

The magnitude you tin beryllium paid is babelike connected the interaction your wellness information oregon disablement has connected your quality to bash time to time tasks. So the much your quality is impacted - the much wealth you volition receive.

PIP - which is paid each 4 weeks - is made up of 2 components - a regular surviving complaint and a mobility complaint - and you tin beryllium entitled to some oregon conscionable 1 of these. These components are past divided again, into the modular complaint and the enhanced rate. How overmuch you volition beryllium paid volition besides beryllium rising from April by 1.7% - present is however PIP rates are changing this year:

Daily Living

• Lower rate: £72.65 a week to £73.90 a week

• Higher rate: £108.55 a week to £110.40 a week

Mobility

• Lower rate: £28.70 a week to £29.20 a week

• Higher rate: £75.75 a week to £77.05 a week

Six conditions with PIP grant of 5 years oregon longer

Visual illness - Total claimants: 58,685 - Five twelvemonth positive awards: 34,692

Musculoskeletal illness (general) - Total claimants: 682,391 - Five twelvemonth positive awards: 341,434

Neurological disease - Total claimants: 468,113 - Five twelvemonth positive awards: 230,412

Respiratory disease - Total claimants: 138,376 - Five twelvemonth positive awards: 64,835

Autoimmune illness (connective insubstantial disorders) - Total claimants: 19,542 - Five twelvemonth positive awards: 8,697

Musculoskeletal illness (regional) - Total claimants: 426,038 - Five twelvemonth positive awards: 185,916

If you person 1 of the aesculapian conditions listed arsenic having precocious levels of going awards, you should beryllium alert that astir PIP awards are regularly reviewed. According to DWP guidance, astir PIP claims are regularly reviewed "regardless of the magnitude of the award" to guarantee "everyone continues to person the astir due level of support".