PIP Mobility Component Activities 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: How many points are needed to qualify for the enhanced rate of the PIP Mobility Component?
- 4 points
- 6 points
- 8 points (Correct answer)
- 10 points
Correct answer: 8 points
A score of 8 or more points from the Mobility Component activities qualifies a claimant for the enhanced rate.
Question 2: Under the 'Moving Around' activity, what distance descriptor applies to someone who can stand and move no more than 50 metres but more than 20 metres without any aid?
- 0 points — no limitation
- 4 points — standard descriptor
- 8 points — unaided limited distance (Correct answer)
- 12 points — severely limited
Correct answer: 8 points — unaided limited distance
Moving unaided more than 20 metres but no more than 50 metres scores 8 points under the Moving Around activity.
Question 3: Which descriptor under 'Planning and Following Journeys' awards 10 points?
- Cannot follow an unfamiliar route without orientation aid
- Cannot plan the route of any journey
- Cannot undertake any journey due to overwhelming psychological distress (Correct answer)
- Needs prompting to undertake any journey
Correct answer: Cannot undertake any journey due to overwhelming psychological distress
The 10-point descriptor covers claimants who cannot undertake any journey because it would cause overwhelming psychological distress.
Question 4: A claimant scores 4 points on the Mobility Component. Which payment rate do they receive?
- No Mobility Component is awarded
- Standard rate Mobility Component (Correct answer)
- Enhanced rate Mobility Component
- Daily Living Component only
Correct answer: Standard rate Mobility Component
4 to 7 points on the Mobility Component qualifies a claimant for the standard rate payment.
Question 5: Under 'Moving Around,' using an aid or appliance to walk more than 20 metres but no more than 50 metres scores how many points?
- 4 points
- 8 points
- 10 points (Correct answer)
- 12 points
Correct answer: 10 points
Using an aid or appliance to move more than 20 metres but no more than 50 metres scores 10 points, one more than the unaided equivalent.
Question 6: Which of the following correctly describes the standard rate Mobility Component point threshold?
- 1–3 points
- 4–7 points (Correct answer)
- 8–11 points
- 12 or more points
Correct answer: 4–7 points
Scoring between 4 and 7 points on the Mobility Component activities triggers the standard rate payment.
Question 7: A claimant cannot follow the route of a familiar journey without another person or an orientation aid. How many points does this descriptor score?
- 4 points
- 8 points
- 10 points
- 12 points (Correct answer)
Correct answer: 12 points
Inability to follow even a familiar journey without assistance scores 12 points, the highest descriptor under Planning and Following Journeys.
PIP Mobility Component Activities 2
How many points are needed to qualify for the enhanced rate of the PIP Mobility Component?