PIP Daily Living Activities 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Under PIP Daily Living, which activity relates to a claimant's ability to plan and prepare a simple meal?
- Preparing food (Correct answer)
- Managing therapy
- Making budgeting decisions
- Engaging with others
Correct answer: Preparing food
Preparing food is one of the ten Daily Living activities assessed under PIP, focusing on the ability to plan and cook a simple one-course meal.
Question 2: A claimant can prepare a simple meal but only with a microwave because using a hob poses a safety risk due to their condition. How should this be scored?
- They score 0 because they can prepare food
- They may score points for needing an aid or appliance (Correct answer)
- They score maximum points automatically
- Microwave use is not considered during assessment
Correct answer: They may score points for needing an aid or appliance
If a claimant needs an aid or appliance (such as a microwave instead of a hob for safety reasons), they can score 2 points for the preparing food activity.
Question 3: Which descriptor best applies to someone who cannot wash or bathe at all without the physical assistance of another person?
- Needs prompting to wash or bathe
- Needs assistance to wash their hair only
- Needs assistance to wash and bathe (Correct answer)
- Can wash and bathe unaided
Correct answer: Needs assistance to wash and bathe
A claimant who cannot wash or bathe without the physical assistance of another person meets the descriptor for needing assistance to wash and bathe.
Question 4: When assessing the 'managing toilet needs' Daily Living activity, which of the following would attract the highest score?
- Needs to use an aid such as a raised toilet seat
- Needs prompting to manage toilet needs
- Cannot manage toilet needs and needs another person to do so (Correct answer)
- Can manage toilet needs unaided
Correct answer: Cannot manage toilet needs and needs another person to do so
The highest descriptor for managing toilet needs is awarded when a claimant cannot manage this activity at all and requires another person to do so for them.
Question 5: A PIP claimant has a severe anxiety disorder that prevents them from leaving the house to buy food but they can cook once food is available. Which Daily Living activity is most relevant?
- Preparing food
- Managing therapy
- Making budgeting decisions
- Engaging with other people face to face (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Engaging with other people face to face
Engaging with other people face to face includes the ability to interact socially, and severe anxiety that prevents leaving the home affects this activity as well as mobility, but does not directly affect the preparing food activity.
Question 6: Under PIP, what does 'managing therapy or monitoring a health condition' include?
- Only medication prescribed by a GP
- Therapies and monitoring tasks that must be done at home (Correct answer)
- Hospital appointments only
- Any physical activity recommended by a physiotherapist
Correct answer: Therapies and monitoring tasks that must be done at home
Managing therapy covers home-based treatment and monitoring tasks, such as checking blood glucose, administering injections, or performing prescribed physiotherapy exercises.
Question 7: How many points must a claimant score in the Daily Living component to qualify for the enhanced rate?
- 8 points
- 10 points
- 12 points (Correct answer)
- 14 points
Correct answer: 12 points
A claimant must score 12 or more points across all Daily Living activities to qualify for the enhanced rate of the Daily Living component.
PIP Daily Living Activities 2
Under PIP Daily Living, which activity relates to a claimant's ability to plan and prepare a simple meal?