Personal Independence Payment (PIP) can help with extra living costs if you have both:

• a long-term physical or mental health condition or disability

• difficulty doing certain everyday tasks or getting around because of your condition

You can get PIP even if youre working, have savings or are getting most other benefits.

How PIP works

There are 2 parts to PIP:

• a daily living part - if you need help with everyday tasks
• a mobility part - if you need help with getting around

Whether you get one or both parts and how much you get depends on how difficult you find everyday tasks and getting around.

Daily living part

You might get the daily living part of PIP if you need help with:

• preparing food
• eating and drinking
• managing your medicines or treatments
• washing and bathing
• using the toilet
• dressing and undressing
• reading
• managing your money
• socialising and being around other people
• talking, listening and understanding

Mobility part

You might get the mobility part of PIP if you need help with:

• working out a route and following it
• physically moving around
• leaving your home

You do not have to have a physical disability to get the mobility part. You might also be eligible if you have difficulty getting around because of a cognitive or mental health condition, like anxiety.

How difficulty with tasks is assessed

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will assess how difficult you find daily living and mobility tasks. For each task theyll look at:

• whether you can do it safely
• how long it takes you
• whether you need help to do it, from a person or using extra equipment

How often your condition affects tasks

To get PIP you must experience difficulty with tasks most of the time. This means that you expect to have difficulty more than half of the days over a 12-month period.

Help with PIP

If you need help understanding or applying for PIP you can:

• get help from Citizens Advice
• watch PIP video guides with British Sign Language
• use easy read guides which explain PIP

You may be able to get a home visit from a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) officer to help you with your claim. Ask the advisor when you call the PIP new claims phone line.

If you live in Scotland

You need to apply for Adult Disability Payment (ADP) instead of PIP.

If you move from Scotland to England or Wales

If you get ADP and move from Scotland to England or Wales, you must:

• tell Social Security Scotland that you have moved
• make a new claim for PIP

Social Security Scotland will tell you when your ADP will stop.

If you move from England or Wales to Scotland

If you get PIP and move from England or Wales to Scotland, you must:

• tell DWP that you have moved
• make a new claim for ADP

You must also tell DWP and apply for ADP if either:

• youre waiting for the outcome of a PIP application
• youve challenged a decision about your PIP claim

If you get Disability Living Allowance (DLA)

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is being replaced by PIP for most adults. Youll keep getting DLA if:

• youre under 16
• you were born on or before 8 April 1948

If you were born after 8 April 1948, DWP will invite you to apply for PIP. You do not need to do anything until DWP writes to you about your DLA unless your circumstances change.