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See how your daily life matches the 12 PIP activities using the four Regulation 4(2A) tests: safely, to an acceptable standard, repeatedly and in a reasonable time.
Need a hand with the “How your disability affects you” (PIP2) form? Answer these quick, plain-English questions to check your estimated points across all 12 activities. Then continue to write your statement.
Answer simple Yes or No questions about what you can do safely and repeatedly. We automatically match your answers to statutory DWP descriptors and calculate your estimated points.
Can you safely chop, peel, and cook a simple hot meal from fresh ingredients without any pain, fatigue, special aids, or help from another person?
💡 Select 'No' if you experience hand tremors, joint stiffness, fainting, memory lapses, or extreme fatigue.
Under Schedule 1 Part 2, assesses preparing and cooking a fresh simple meal for one. Inability to prepare food at all secures the Standard Daily Living rate (8 points) alone.
⚖️ Statutory Benchmark: Final mobility awards sum the single highest descriptor score achieved in Activity 1 and the single highest descriptor score achieved in Activity 2. Scores from 8 to 11 points trigger the Standard Mobility award; scores of 12 points or above trigger the Enhanced Mobility award.
Work at your own pace with automatic saving. Your notes stay private in your account until you download your pack.
See how the 12 PIP activities and descriptors match your daily life for free.
Record good and bad days in your 30-day symptom diary and organise medical letters.
Write first-person PIP2 answers or check your PA4 assessment report for missed points.
Download your formatted statement, diary and evidence pack to send to the DWP yourself.
Whether you are starting your first PIP2 form or challenging a decision, you can use the tools that match your current stage.
Check your points for free, log your 30-day symptom diary, and draft clear answers for all 12 activities.
Practise typical phone or face-to-face questions and prepare your day-of-assessment checklist.
Check your PA4 assessor report for missed points and draft a reconsideration letter within 1 month.
Prepare clear appeal grounds and an indexed evidence bundle for the three-person tribunal panel.
In law, if you cannot do a task safely, to an acceptable standard, repeatedly and in a reasonable time, the DWP must treat you as needing help.
Without risk of falls, burns, cuts or harm to yourself or others.
Completed properly without severe pain, breathlessness or distress.
Able to repeat the task as often as needed across the day without exhaustion.
Taking no more than twice as long as someone without your condition.
PIP has two separate parts: Daily Living (10 activities) and Mobility (2 activities). You can qualify for one part or both.
If a difficulty affects you on more than half of days (at least 4 days a week, or 183 days a year), that descriptor applies to your claim.
Under the Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013 and GOV.UK 2026/27 benefit rates, scoring 8 to 11 points awards the Standard rate and scoring 12 or more points awards the Enhanced rate:
Daily Living: 0 pts (Below Statutory Threshold) • Mobility: 0 pts (Below Statutory Threshold)
Driving a car involves distinct physical mechanisms and cannot automatically invalidate limitations in domestic cooking or mental health mobility.
Mental health agoraphobia causing severe panic qualifies under Mobility Activity 11 (Planning and Following Journeys).
Estimated Award: Below Statutory Threshold
0–7 pts: Below threshold for an award. Don't panic, many applicants under-score themselves initially by evaluating only their 'best days'. Our AI will help you evaluate SARR criteria and fluctuating bad days.
Estimated Award: Below Statutory Threshold
0–7 pts: Below threshold for a Mobility award. Don't panic, many applicants under-score themselves initially by evaluating only their 'best days'. Our AI will help you evaluate SARR criteria and fluctuating bad days.
Tests if you can prepare and cook a simple meal for one safely, to an acceptable standard, repeatedly and in a reasonable time.
MyPIPApp is an independent tool designed to help you understand the PIP rules under Regulation 4(2A). Checking or saving points here does not notify, submit to, or link with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). You submit your PIP application directly to the DWP yourself.
2026/27 PIP weekly rates (GOV.UK): Daily Living £76.70/wk (Standard, 8–11 pts) or £114.60/wk (Enhanced, 12+ pts); Mobility £30.30/wk (Standard, 8–11 pts) or £80.00/wk (Enhanced, 12+ pts); up to £194.60/wk combined.