The UK PIP Answer Bank

Filling in a PIP form shouldn't feel like an exam you haven't studied for — because the DWP doesn't spell out what its assessors are looking for.

This guide gives you real, condition-specific example answers for every daily living and mobility activity, written in the first person so you can adapt them to your own daily life (or swap pronouns if you're helping someone else).

What's inside — 72 pages covering all 12 PIP activities (10 daily living, 2 mobility). For every activity:

- A plain-English explanation of what the activity is assessing.

- The official descriptors and what each one means.

- 2–3 full worked example answers — covering physical, mental health, neurological, autoimmune and combined presentations.

- Before-and-after comparisons showing how a fuller, more accurate description reads differently.

- A note on what that descriptor is really asking about.

Key features:

- Updated June 2026.

- Every example written in the first person, to adapt in your own words.

- Covers the four tests (safely, reliably, repeatedly, reasonable timeframe), the 50% rule, and the "what would happen if I wasn't there" principle.

- Mandatory Reconsideration and First-tier Tribunal guidance.

- Assessment preparation for telephone, video and face-to-face formats.

- Plain English, no jargon.

For PIP claimants in England and Wales. In Scotland, PIP has been replaced by Adult Disability Payment (ADP) — visit mygov.scot. In Northern Ireland, PIP is run by the DfC.

Peer support from lived experience, not legal or welfare-rights advice, and not a promise of any outcome. For advice on your own claim, contact Citizens Advice (0800 144 8848 in England, 0800 702 2020 in Wales) or your local Law Centre.

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