PIP Daily Living Activities 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A claimant can dress themselves but takes over twice as long as someone without their condition and experiences significant pain. How does PIP account for this?
- It is ignored because they can complete the task
- Time, pain, and safety are considered in determining the appropriate descriptor (Correct answer)
- Only pain is relevant, not the time taken
- They are awarded maximum points for dressing automatically
Correct answer: Time, pain, and safety are considered in determining the appropriate descriptor
PIP considers whether an activity can be completed safely, to an acceptable standard, repeatedly, and within a reasonable time period when determining descriptors.
Question 2: Which of the following is NOT one of the ten Daily Living activities assessed under PIP?
- Preparing food
- Reading and understanding signs
- Driving a motor vehicle (Correct answer)
- Washing and bathing
Correct answer: Driving a motor vehicle
Driving a motor vehicle is not a Daily Living activity; it falls under the Mobility component of PIP, specifically the moving around activity.
Question 3: What is the standard rate daily living award weekly amount approximately equivalent to in PIP?
- Scoring at least 4 points
- Scoring 8 to 11 points (Correct answer)
- Scoring 12 or more points
- Scoring exactly 7 points
Correct answer: Scoring 8 to 11 points
The standard rate of the Daily Living component is awarded to claimants who score between 8 and 11 points across all ten Daily Living activities.
Question 4: A claimant with a visual impairment cannot read standard print but can read large-print materials. Which activity does this relate to?
- Communicating verbally
- Reading and understanding signs, symbols and words (Correct answer)
- Engaging with other people face to face
- Making budgeting decisions
Correct answer: Reading and understanding signs, symbols and words
The ability to read and understand signs, symbols and words is a distinct Daily Living activity that covers literacy in various formats, including print and symbols.
Question 5: Under PIP, 'engaging with other people face to face' is concerned with which type of difficulty?
- Physical difficulty being near other people
- Cognitive or psychological difficulty interacting socially (Correct answer)
- Financial difficulty attending social events
- Difficulty using a telephone or video call
Correct answer: Cognitive or psychological difficulty interacting socially
This activity assesses cognitive and psychological difficulties such as autism spectrum conditions, anxiety, or learning disabilities that affect face-to-face social interaction.
Question 6: A claimant needs someone to check that they have taken their medication correctly due to a cognitive impairment. Which descriptor best applies under 'managing therapy'?
- Can manage therapy unaided
- Needs prompting to manage therapy (Correct answer)
- Needs assistance to manage therapy
- Cannot manage therapy at all
Correct answer: Needs prompting to manage therapy
Needing prompting — reminders or cues from another person — to manage medication or therapy correctly is captured by the descriptor requiring prompting.
Question 7: If a claimant's condition fluctuates, how does PIP assess their Daily Living score?
- Only the best days are counted
- Only the worst days are counted
- The assessment reflects what happens on more than 50% of days over a 12-month period (Correct answer)
- An average of the best and worst days is calculated
Correct answer: The assessment reflects what happens on more than 50% of days over a 12-month period
PIP uses a 12-month period approach, looking at what the claimant can and cannot do on the majority of days (more than 50%) to determine the appropriate descriptors.
PIP Daily Living Activities 3
A claimant can dress themselves but takes over twice as long as someone without their condition and experiences significant pain.
How does PIP account for this?