Cancelling mobility element of PIP

candle

Hi,

I know this is for introductions but I can't see anywhere to post my question. Revelent section seems unused. Anyway, my question is, I'm on pip, and considering cancelling the mobility element. I was down as moving over 20m but no more than 50m. I've become better at distance recently. Over 50m. I'm wondering, when I contact DWP and report this change, will it in anyway affect the daily element. Even if it doesn't directly affect it concerning points, I'm worried they may well think I must be well enough to quash my claim completely. Any advice please? Thanks

Kimmy87

Although you say you've become better lately at distances, could you do over 50m reliably, repeatedly and in a reasonable amount of time?

Unless the answer to all three is yes, for PIP purposes you would be treated as unable to do that distance at all.

If you report a chnage of circumstances, then the whole award is looked at again and treated as a new claim putting your Daily Living at risk.

Rosie_Scope

Hi @candle, welcome to the community, I hope you're well today 😊

PIP is usually looked at as a whole, so while you could report a change to your mobility if you felt you needed to, it might affect your daily living award too.

Kimmy's point about reliability is well worth considering as well.

Do you know when your next review is due?

candle

Thanks for your speedy responses. It's only a recent new development to be honest, so I'll probably give it another couple of weeks to see if there's anymore changes. Might be back to previous condition next week!! I think I know where I'm going with it now. Thank you 😊

candle

Actually, why I'm here, there's something regarding this moving about that I've wondered. If you say your limit for moving is 50m, after a 5 minute rest can this 50m be repeated, and still count as 50m? Or does it mean your capacity for movement is 50m per day, then your spent? Hope this makes sense

chiarieds

Hi @candle - & welcome to the community from me also. Altho your walking has improved, you would need to have maintained this improvement for 3 months, so definitely wait before reporting any changes & expect this to last.

To answer your query above, if you could walk between 20 - 50 metres, but the consequence of doing so means you couldn't repeat that later then that should be taken into consideration & likely more points gained.

If you could walk up to 50 metres, the length of time a person might rest between moving the same again isn't exactly defined, but PIP is about being able to repeat an activity as often as would normally be expected, as well as being able to do any activity safely, in a timely fashion, & to an acceptable standard. You can read about this 'reliability' concept & mobility here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-assessment-guide-for-assessment-providers/pip-assessment-guide-part-2-the-assessment-criteria#reliability-1

Kimmy87

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/943300#Comment_943300

If you need a 5 minute rest after mobilising 50m, I'd consider that failing the "reliably, repeatedly and in a timely manner" test.

Thus, you are treated as unable to mobilise 50m.