DWP shares update on PIP assessments

The DWP has shared an update on PIP assessments (Personal Independence Payment). People who apply for the benefit often go through an assessment to determine their level of need and how much they should get.

PIP supports people with a long-term health condition or disability, that affects them either in their daily living or in their mobility.

The support includes a lower and higher rate for both the daily living part and the mobility part, and you may not get one of the elements if you are not sufficiently affected by your condition. Payments range from £29.20 a week to £187.45 a week.

Ministers are currently carrying out a review of the assessment. This includes looking at ways to make the process better reflect the needs of applicants.

Conservative MP Helen Whately asked the Government oww many face-to-face PIP assessments have been conducted in each region of the UK since July 2024. There has been a push to do more in-person PIP assessments after the process moved to largely being done over the phone during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Work and Pensions minister Sir Stephen Timms, who is leading the PIP assessment review, provided a response from the Government.

He shared a table showing the number of face-to-face assessments carried out from July 2024 to August 2025:

• July 24 - 6,000
• August 24 - 3,000
• September 2024 - 1,000
• October 2024 - 3,000
• November 2024 - 4,000
• December 2024 - 3,000
• January 2025 - 4,000
• February 2025 - 4,000
• March 2025 - 4,000
• April 2025 - 4,000
• May 2025 - 4,000
• June 2025 - 5,000
• July 2025 - 5,000
• August 2025 - 4,000.