PIP benefit claimants will get up to £749 each month from next April
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PIP claimants could be eligible for up to £749.80 every month from next April. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that most benefit payments are set to rise by 1.7% next April - and this includes Personal Independence Payment. PIP is a benefit who have an illness, disability or mental health condition that affects their daily living.
There are two parts to PIP - the daily living rate and the mobility rate - and you can be entitled to both or just one of these. Your award is based on how your condition affects your life, rather than there being a set list of medical conditions that make you eligible for PIP.
If you're currently in receipt of PIP, your payments will rise from April. PIP is paid every four weeks and under the current rates, the maximum you can receive is £737.20. This is for someone claiming the higher rate of both the daily living and mobility components. But from next April, the maximum you could get will be £749.80.
Daily living. Lower rate: £72.65 a week, rising to £73.90 a week. Higher rate: £108.55 a week, rising to £110.40 a week. Mobility. Lower rate: £28.70 a week, rising to £29.20 a week. Higher rate: £75.75 a week, rising to £77.05 a week. You have to be aged 16 and above and under state pension age to put in a new claim for PIP. If you’re already getting PIP and you reach state pension age, your claim will normally continue. You may be able to make a new claim at state pension age if you were eligible for PIP in the last 12 months.
