Can I get PIP?

You may be entitled to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) if you have daily living and/or mobility needs.

Unless you are  terminally ill , your needs must:

• have lasted for the past three months, and
• be expected to continue for the next nine months

Check if you can get PIP

Use the Turn2us PIP Helper to check if you're eligible to claim PIP and what award you're likely to get.

Use the Turn2us PIP Helper

PIP activities

Daily living needs

You may have daily living needs if your disability or health condition means you need help doing these activities to look after yourself:

• Preparing food
• Eating and drinking
• Managing treatments
• Washing and bathing
• Using the toilet and managing incontinence
• Dressing and undressing
• Talking, listening and understanding
• Reading
• Mixing with other people
• Making decisions about money

It doesn't matter whether you actually get the help you need.

Mobility needs

You may have mobility needs if you need help doing these activities:

• go outside
• move around

For example, you may count as having mobility needs if you need help to plan and follow a journey because of a learning difficulty, a mental health issue or a sensory impairment.

What help counts

You count as needing help to do an activity if you need a person or an aid to:

• Do it for you
• Do it with you
• Remind you to do it
• Watch you do it to keep you safe

You may count as needing help if you need help but do not actually get it. For example, if you do an activity yourself but:

• It isn’t safe
• You can’t do it well enough
• You can’t do it often enough
• It takes you a long time.