Pip guidelines and welfare law - dwpexamination.org

That's interesting, @charlene.

My PIP assessor asked for how long could I walk, and I thought well I suppose I could walk 3 or 4 mins, stopping and starting, before I needed quite a long rest, so I just said 3 or 4 mins.  Assessor put 3 or 4 mins in her report but didn't say that this implied any particular distance and DWP just repeated what assessor had said.  This would indicate that both knew this was an inappropriate line of questioning as neither made too much of it.  I was awarded standard mobility.

Tribunal doctor picked up on assessor asking for how long could I walk and repeatedly asked the same question.  But I was having none of it and asked him back did he mean how long would it take me to walk 20m?  Anyway, the outcome was that I was awarded enhanced both components.

@charlene

Well done for looking up the guidelines!  As you say, if people lose points based on the length of time they can walk alone then this would be grounds for appeal.

Good luck with your MR.

That's just of assessors' dirty tricks, Charlene, unfortunately!  Some assessors tell blatant lies; they just make it up.  No wonder 65% of appeals succeed - because so many assessments are 'flawed'.