People throughout England and Wales will obtain an additional £737 from right this moment if they’re eligible for Personal Independence Payments (PIP). The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has raised the quantity paid to claimants consistent with inflation.
It means numerous advantages are rising by 6.7%, which was the Consumer Price Index fee of inflation measured final September. From right this moment (April 8), claimants will begin to learn from the upper fee.
Over the course of 2024-25, will probably be value an additional £737 in PIP, Yorkshire Live experiences. Claimants will obtain a remaining whole of £9583.60 throughout the subsequent 12 months.
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It comes on account of the DWP’s obligation to assessment advantages yearly consistent with inflation, with state pension and Universal Credit additionally elevated. The DWP confirmed in writing that the advantages fee modifications begin from Monday, April 8.
The PIP funds are made up of two parts for dwelling and two for mobility:
- Standard fee for every day dwelling: £68.10 per week (up by £4.55 every week to £72.65, or £236 a 12 months)
- Enhanced fee for every day dwelling: £101.75 per week (up by £6.80 every week to £108.55 or £353.60 a 12 months)
- Standard fee for mobility : £26.90 per week (up by £1.80 every week to £28.70, or £93.60 a 12 months)
- Enhanced fee for mobility : £71.00 per week (up by £4.75 a 12 months to £75.75, or £247 a 12 months)
To be eligible for PIP, it’s essential to have a well being situation or incapacity that has brought about issues with every day dwelling or getting round (or each) for 3 months. The points have to be anticipated to persist for at the very least one other 9 months.
Typically, you additionally have to have resided within the UK for at the very least two of the previous three years and be within the nation once you apply. Here are 25 situations that might doubtlessly qualify you for Personal Independence Payments (PIP):
- Sleep apnoea – obstructive
- Upper respiratory tract – different illnesses of/sort not identified
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary illness (COPD)
- Chronic bronchitis
- Cystic fibrosis
- Emphysema
- Empyema
- Bronchiectasis
- Asthma
- Asbestosis
- Extrinsic allergic alveolitis
- Fibrosing alveolitis
- Sarcoidosis
- Silicosis
- Granulomatous lung illness and pulmonary infiltration
- Pulmonary fibrosis – different/sort not identified
- Pneumoconiosis
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Pleura
- Pleural effusion
- Pneumothorax
- Pulmonary embolus
- Pneumonia
- Lung transplantation
- Heart and lung transplantation
