Personal Independence Payment: Visual Impairment

(asked on 22nd March 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if she will take steps to ensure that claimants need not undergo personal independent payment assessments when they have a Certificate of Visual Impairment.


Answered by
Sarah Newton Portrait
Sarah Newton
This question was answered on 27th March 2018

The assessment for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is not designed to capture someone’s condition. Instead it is designed to assess how a claimant’s condition affects their functional ability. The Department therefore encourages claimants to provide as much relevant evidence as necessary to support their claim. The Certificate of Visual Impairment forms part of this suite of evidence but on its own does not provide sufficient information for a comprehensive assessment of functional ability.

Further information on the assessment process and sources of evidence can be found in Part 1 of the PIP Assessment Guide: Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment guide for assessment providers - GOV.UK

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