PIP Changes November 2026.

brian1971
brian1971 Community Member Posts: 67 Contributor
edited April 2025 in PIP, DLA, ADP & AA

I copied the following from a website:

“Personal independence payment (PIP) eligibility will be tightened from November 2026. This will affect new applications but also existing claimants when they are reassessed.”

My PIP reassessment is due in May 2027. I have 2 points in five of the Daily Living components and do not have the required forthcoming 4points in one of the components. I have 12 points in the Mobility components.

Just wondered if I will be unaffected by the changes in November 2026 until I am reassessed.

From the above copied information it appears to be the case, but just wanted to find out if it is!

To all who are naturally worried about the November 2026 changes my thoughts are with you.

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  • Charlie_Alumni
    Charlie_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 262 Empowering

    Hello @brian1971. They're only proposals at the moment so no one could say with any certainty. However, it does seem from their wording that it will impact current claimants when they are re-assessed after the 2026 date.

  • brian1971
    brian1971 Community Member Posts: 67 Contributor

    Many thanks Charlie-Scope.

  • Stellar
    Stellar Community Member Posts: 473 Pioneering
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1010996#Comment_1010996

    Most likely are, but can't announce anything publically yet.

  • fij
    fij Community Member Posts: 4 Listener

    Hi all I am about to apply just wondering how in-depth the form is ..Also am I likely to be eligible if I can do daily tasks but steady with rests inbetween many thanks

  • fij
    fij Community Member Posts: 4 Listener
  • Emilee
    Emilee Community Member Posts: 552 Pioneering

    @fij

    The form is pretty in-depth and it's important to understand the descriptors that apply to each question.

    Needing rest breaks in between can help qualify but it depends on the extent of them and why you need them. This would fall under whether you are able to carry out an activity reliably.

    To satisfy a descriptor reliably, they would look as to whether you can do it safely, to an acceptable standard, repeatedly and in a reasonable time.

    This is kind of lengthy but if you are interested:

    The meaning of "reliably" is defined in regulations.

    Regulation 4(2A) of the main PIP regulations provides -

    Where [a claimant's] ability to carry out an activity is assessed, [the claimant] is to be assessed as satisfying a descriptor only if [the claimant] can do so - (a) safely; (b) to an acceptable standard; (c) repeatedly; and (d) within a reasonable time period.

    Regulation 4(4) of the main PIP regulations provides -

    "safely” means in a manner unlikely to cause harm to [the claimant] or to another person, either during or after completion of the activity;

    “repeatedly” means as often as the activity being assessed is reasonably required to be completed; and

    “reasonable time period” means no more than twice as long as the maximum period that a person without a physical or mental condition which limits that person’s ability to carry out the activity in question would normally take to complete that activity.

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