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Personal Independence Payment - PIP Assessment - Move around

A straightforward guide to the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) test, what the activities are and what you can score points for

Move around

Moving around is a mobility activity. Add the points you score for this activity with the points you score for the other mobility activity to find out if you may be entitled to the mobility component of Personal Independence Payment (PIP).

When you are looking at how many points you score for moving around, think about what help you need most of the time to do it:

  • Safely
  • Well enough
  • Often enough
  • Fast enough

You score the points for the sentence that is true for most or over half of the time. If more than one sentence is true, you normally only get points for the sentence that is true for the most time. You can only score one set of points for moving around, do not add them together.

No points

You can stand and then move more than 200 metres without any help.

You can stand and then move more than 200 metres with a special aid.

Examples of special aid:

  • Walking stick
  • Walking frame

Four points

You can stand and then move between 50 and 200 metres without any help.

You can stand and then move between 50 and 200 metres with a special aid.

Eight points

You can stand and then move between 20 and 50 metres without any help.

Ten points

You can stand and then move between 20 and 50 metres with a special aid.

12 points

You can stand and then move between 1 and 20 metres without any help.

You can stand and then move between 1 and 20 metres with a special aid.

You can’t stand, even with a special aid.

You can’t move more than 1 metre, even with a special aid.

Reviewed: February 2023

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