Knowledge Flashcards

What score is required on Mobility activities to receive the enhanced rate of the Mobility component?

Answer: 12 points

A claimant must score 12 or more points on Mobility activities to receive the enhanced rate of the Mobility component.

Which benefit did PIP largely replace for working-age claimants in the UK?

Answer: Disability Living Allowance

PIP replaced Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for claimants aged 16 to 64, following the Welfare Reform Act 2012.

How is PIP treated for income tax purposes?

Answer: It is non-taxable

PIP is a non-taxable benefit, meaning recipients do not pay income tax on the payments they receive.

A claimant with a terminal illness and a life expectancy of less than 12 months is assessed under which special rule?

Answer: Special Rules for Terminal Illness (SRTI)

Special Rules for Terminal Illness allow a severely ill claimant to receive the enhanced daily living rate quickly, without a face-to-face assessment.

When the DWP asks a claimant to complete the PIP2 form ('How your disability affects you'), within how many days must it normally be returned?

Answer: 28 days

Claimants are given 28 days to return the PIP2 self-assessment questionnaire; failure to do so can result in a claim being disallowed.

Which of the following aids, if used reliably, can affect how PIP descriptors are applied to a claimant?

Answer: Any aid or appliance the claimant uses or could reasonably use

Assessors consider all aids and appliances a claimant uses or could reasonably be expected to use, regardless of cost or how they were obtained.

PIP claimants who are awarded the enhanced rate of the Mobility component may be eligible for which additional benefit?

Answer: Motability Scheme access

Enhanced rate Mobility component recipients can use their PIP payment to lease a car, powered wheelchair, or scooter through the Motability Scheme.