DWP Confirms Pip Changes Won’t Apply to Group of 700,000 People – ryan

Minister for Social Security and Disability Sir Stephen Timms, Has Confirmed That People of State Pension Age Won’t Be Impacted by the Changes to Pip

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that People of State Pension Age will be affected by the proposed changes “to personal Independence Payment (PIP).

Pip is a disability benefit that is awarded to people who need help with everyday tasks due to an Illness, disability or mental health condition. There are two parts to pip – The Daily Living Rate and the Mobility Rate – and you can be entitled to just one, or bot of elements.

Your eligibility is based on how your condition your LIFE and your ability to the Complete Daily Tasks, with Pip Claimants Assessed Using A Points System. To get the standard rate of the Daily Living Part of Pip, you currarently Need BetWeen Eight and 11 Points. If you score 12 points or more, you are eligible for the Higher Daily Living Rate.

But under Changer Being Consider by Labour, From November 2026, You Wold Also Need A Minimum of Four Points in At Least One Activity to Get the Daily Living Part of Pip. The point System for the mobility part of Pip is not Changing.

Minister for Social Security and Disability Sir Stephen Timms, Has Also Confirmed That People of State Pension Age Won’t Be Impacted by These Changes. The latest figure from the dwp show that at the end of Janary, some 690,186 People aged between 65 and 79 were recipe.

Sir Stephen Issud a Written Response To labour mpaula barker, who ised what the potential impact of proposed pip reforms on People of State Pension Age Wolded be.

He replied: “Our intention is that the new eligibility requirement in personal Independence Payment (PIP) in Which People must score a minimum of four points in one Daily Living Activity to be Eligible for the Daily Living Component, Will APPLY to CLAIMS AND AWARDS FROM 2026, Subject to Parliamentary Approval.

“In keping with existing policy, People of State Pension Age are not routinely Fully Review and Will Not Be Affective by the Proposed Changes.

Most People Can Only CLAIM PIP IF they are under State retirement age. You Can Only Make a New Claim for Pip Once You Reach State Pension Age, If You Had a Pip or Disability Living Allowance (DLA) CLAIM THAT IN THE LAST YEAR, or if you still recipe. If you already CLAIM PIP AND THEN YOU REACH STATE AGE, YOUR CLAIM WILL CONTINUE.

In a Separate Written Response To Independent MP Apsana Begum, the dwp minister also confirmed there will be no Changes for People the End of Life APPLYING FOR PIP, WHO ABLE TO FAST TRACK THEIR APPLICATION.

Sir Stephen Told the Poplar and Limouse Mp: “We recognise that People Nearing the End of their Life Some of the Most Vulnerable in Society and Need Fast Track and Unqualified Support at this difficult time.

“People who Claim, or an in receipt of, Personal Independence Payment (PIP), and Area Nearing ther Life with 12 Months or Live to Live, Will Continue to ABLE to Access the Enhanced Rate of the Pip.

“We will Also Maintain the Existing Fast-Track Route under the special rules for end of life and where CLAIMS are Currently Being Cleared in Two Working Days. This Fast-Track will will be impacted by the new eligibility Requirement for Pip.”