Clients age 16– 64 with a disability will claim Personal Independence Payment(PIP) from 10/6/2013 instead of Disability Living Allowance. Unlike many of the recent changes in April 2013, such as the bedroom tax and local Council Tax Support which affected new and existing claimants, the introduction of PIP applies initially only to new claimants. Existing claimants of Disability Living Allowance will be migrated over to claim PIP over the coming years(500,000 less are predicted to qualify). There will still be new claims for those age 0-15 for Disability Living Allowance and new claims for those age 65 and over for Attendance Allowance.
Click here for our Personal Independent Payment 2013 course.