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  • Personal Independence Payment

    Topics:
    • Benefits and pensions, 
    • Benefits
    Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is for people aged 16 or over and under State Pension Age. PIP reflects today’s understanding of disability which aims to help people with a disability or a long-term health condition lasting for 12 months or longer.

    More in this topic

    • Personal Independence Payment information
    • Northern Ireland PIP Handbook
    • Independent Review of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Assessment Process in Northern Ireland
    • Changes to PIP Law affecting enhanced mobility
    • The second independent review of the PIP process - departmental response
    • Changes to how Personal Independence Payment claims are decided

    Related to Personal Independence Payment

    Most recent publications

    • FOI Disclosure Log - DfC/2025-0034

      Published 2 May 2025
    • FOI Disclosure Log - DFC/2024-0154

      Published 23 October 2024
    See all publications in this topic

    Most recent consultations

    • Consultation on DWP Modernising support for independent living: health and disability Green Paper

      Published 15 May 2024 Consultation closed
    • Second Independent Review of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Assessment Process in Northern Ireland report

      Published 4 March 2020 Consultation closed
    See all consultations in this topic

    Most recent news items

    • Call for Evidence for the second Independent Review of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment process

      Published 4 March 2020
    • Personal Independence Payment Review

      Published 4 February 2020
    See all news in this topic

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    How to request information from the Department for Communities including Freedom of Information (FOI) and the use of our Publication Scheme. You may also request your own personal information, via a Right of Access Request.

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