PIP High Court Decision

SMW83
SMW83 Community member Posts: 108 Contributor
in PIP, DLA, and AA
Hi all,

I’m sure many of you have seen that the Government have reversed thier decision to not allow claimants with Mental Health issues to claim the higher rate of the Mobility component of PIP.

Does anyone know of what points will now be required to be awarded the Enhanced Rate for claimants with mental heath issues, subsequent to this decision?

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  • debsidoo
    debsidoo Community member Posts: 325 Empowering
    Dear SMW83
    I would think the same amount of points would apply to anyone which would be 8 points standard rate and 12 points enhanced rate.This applies to each component.
      Debsidoo.
  • SMW83
    SMW83 Community member Posts: 108 Contributor
    Ok. Thanks @debsidoo.

    I understand there are 2 components to the Mobility section with 10 points in the first of the two being the maximum someone suffering mental heath issues can recieve. I just wondered if this would change considering the ruling. 
  • janice_in_wonderland
    janice_in_wonderland Community member Posts: 265 Empowering
    Hi all 
    I got the impression it's not in immediate effect yet despite the decision 

  • missm
    missm Community member Posts: 41 Contributor
    i cant get my head around what it means am going daft 
  • SMW83
    SMW83 Community member Posts: 108 Contributor
    @missm From what I can understand it’s supposedly going to make it easier for those with Mental Health issues to qualify for the Mobility component of PIP. However, what I can’t understand is that the maximum points that someone with said issues can achieve in this component (well without being physically disabled also) is ten points so I’m not entirely sure how it’s going to be made easier without the descriptiors being changed.

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