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Welfare Benefits Handbook 2026/27
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06 Apr 2026
Chapter 30: Personal independence payment
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Welfare Benefits Handbook 2026/27
Part 4: Other benefits
Chapter 30: Personal independence payment
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Chapter 30: Personal independence payment
Key facts
1. Who can get personal independence payment
The disability conditions
The daily living activities
Aids and appliances
Activity 1: preparing food
Activity 2: taking nutrition
Activity 3: managing therapy or monitoring a health condition
Activity 4: washing and bathing
Activity 5: managing toilet needs or incontinence
Activity 6: dressing and undressing
Activity 7: communicating verbally
Activity 8: reading and understanding signs, symbols and words
Activity 9: engaging with other people face to face
Activity 10: making budgeting decisions
The mobility activities
Activity 1: planning and following journeys
Activity 2: moving around
Can you carry out an activity?
Fluctuating conditions
The required period condition
2. The rules about your age
Mobility component for older people
3. People included in the claim
4. The amount of benefit
5. Special benefit rules
Terminal illness
6. Claims and backdating
Making a claim
People classed as terminally ill
Who should claim
Information to support your claim
The assessment process
The date of your claim
Backdating your claim
If you claim the wrong benefit
Claiming in advance
7. Getting paid
Length of awards
Reviews and renewal claims
Administrative exercises~~
Change of circumstances
8. Tax, other benefits and the benefit cap
Tax
Means-tested benefits
Non-means-tested benefits
The benefit cap
Passports and other sources of help
Motability
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CPAG. "Chapter 30: Personal independence payment." In
Welfare Benefits Handbook 2026/27.
, 2026. Accessed April 7, 2026.
CPAG,
https://askcpag.org.uk/?id=-270002CITANCHOR.
CPAG. "Chapter 30: Personal independence payment." In
Welfare Benefits Handbook 2026/27.
, 2026. Accessed April 7, 2026. https://askcpag.org.uk/?id=-270002CITANCHOR.
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Welfare Benefits Handbook 2026/27
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Publication date:
March 11, 2026
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April 7, 2026
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