PIP rates 2026/27
PIP has two parts — you can get one or both, each at a standard or enhanced rate. Weekly amounts from 6 April 2026:
| Component | Weekly rate |
|---|
| Daily living — standard | £76.70 |
| Daily living — enhanced | £114.60 |
| Mobility — standard | £30.30 |
| Mobility — enhanced | £80.00 |
Enhanced on both = £194.60 a week — around £10,119 a year, tax-free. PIP is usually paid every 4 weeks and sits on top of most other benefits, wages or pensions.
PIP opens other doors
A PIP award can unlock more: a
Blue Badge (automatic with 8+ moving-around points or descriptor E), the
Motability scheme (enhanced mobility), a
disability premium in other benefits, vehicle tax reduction or exemption — and someone caring for you 35+ hours a week may qualify for
Carer's Allowance.
Who can get it
- Aged 16 to State Pension age when you first claim.
- A physical or mental health condition or disability causing difficulty with daily living and/or mobility.
- Difficulties for the past 3 months, expected to last at least 9 more.
It's about how your condition affects you, not the diagnosis. Mental health conditions, fatigue, pain and fluctuating conditions all count — what matters is the impact on the assessed activities. Your income, savings and job make no difference.
In Scotland, you claim Adult Disability Payment instead (same components and rates, run by Social Security Scotland via mygov.scot).
How the points work
The assessment scores you against everyday activities — preparing food, washing, dressing, communicating, reading, mixing with people, managing money (daily living); planning journeys and moving around (mobility). Each activity has descriptors worth points:
- 8 points across an area's activities → standard rate.
- 12 points → enhanced rate.
The rule most people miss
You should only be counted as able to do an activity if you can do it safely, repeatedly, to an acceptable standard and in a reasonable time — and the assessment should reflect your worse days, not your best. "I can cook sometimes, but on bad days I can't stand long enough and have skipped meals" scores very differently from "I can cook".
What changed in 2026 — and what didn't
- The "4-point rule" was dropped. The proposal to require at least 4 points in a single daily living activity was removed from the legislation in July 2025 — it never took effect for anyone. If you've seen scare stories, this is the fact to hold on to.
- The Timms review is under way. An independent review of the PIP assessment, co-produced with disabled people, is due to report in autumn 2026. No assessment changes from it have taken effect yet.
- Fewer reassessments. From April 2026, around 700,000 people with severe, lifelong or terminal conditions are exempt from routine reassessments, and review intervals have been extended for many others.
- Unchanged: eligibility rules, the activities and descriptors, and how points work. Rates simply rose with the April uprating.
How to claim — and do the form justice
Start your claim now — free · phone is the route
Have ready: your National Insurance number, bank details and your GP's name and address. In Scotland, apply for Adult Disability Payment at mygov.scot instead. The phone call starts the claim — the form that follows decides it, and Sorted's PIP helper builds your answers with you.
- Phone the PIP new claims line: 0800 917 2222 (Scotland: Adult Disability Payment via mygov.scot). Have your National Insurance number, bank details and GP details ready.
- Complete the "How your disability affects you" form (PIP2). This form decides most claims. Describe your worse days with real examples, and for every activity say whether you can do it safely, repeatedly, to an acceptable standard and in a reasonable time.
- Attend the assessment (phone, video or face-to-face). Answer for your worse days. You can bring someone, and you can ask for it to be recorded.
- Keep copies of everything — the form, evidence, and any letters.
Sorted's PIP helper walks you through the claim and builds your answers activity by activity.
Refused or under-scored? Challenge it
Don't accept a wrong decision — the odds favour you
Ask for
Mandatory Reconsideration within
one month of the decision letter (Sorted's
PIP helper drafts it). If that fails, appeal to the
tribunal — a large share of PIP appeals succeed, often because the tribunal actually listens to how your condition affects you. Free help: Citizens Advice 0800 144 8848.
Free UK support
- GOV.UK PIP — official rates, eligibility and the claim process.
- PIP new claims — 0800 917 2222. PIP enquiries — 0800 121 4433.
- Citizens Advice — 0800 144 8848. Free help with claims, forms and appeals.
- Scope — 0808 800 3333. Disability advice.
- Turn2us — free benefits calculator for what else you may be missing.