PIP claimants are due to get a 6.7 percent pay increase from next April boosting payments by up to £46.20 a month.
Payment rates will increase from April 2024 along with payments for many other benefits such as PIP, Universal Credit and Pension Credit.
The new rates will include:
Daily Living
- Standard – £72.65 (up from £68.10)
- Enhanced – £108.55 (up from £101.75).
Mobility
- Standard – £28.70 (up from £26.90)
- Enhanced – £75.75 (up from £71).
This means a person on the enhanced amounts for both parts will see their four-weekly payments increase from £691 to £737.20, an increase of £46.20.
There were 220,000 applications for PIP in the quarter up to July 2023, which is equivalent to more than 70,000 people applying every month.
The DWP rejected 237,000 PIP claims an the initial stage in the financial year from 2022 to 2023, with the number of rejected claims rising in recent years.
To qualify for the benefit, a person must have a medical condition that affects their ability to move around or other aspects of their daily life.
The applicant also needs to demonstrate they expect to have difficulties caused by their condition for at least 12 months from when they started.
The majority of PIP claims are for people who are affected by conditions grouped together as ‘psychiatric disorders’.
This includes schizophrenia, dementia, anxiety, depression, OCD, agoraphobia, personality disorders, ADHD, autism, learning disabilities, eating disorders, and learning disorders such as dyslexia and dyspraxia. More than 1.2 million people in the UK get PIP for a condition in this category.
PIP is being replaced in Scotland with Adult Disability Payment, a devolved benefit administered by Social Security Scotland.
The devolved benefit is paid at the same rates and is also increasing 6.7 percent from next April.
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