Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect on the level of personal independence payment award of the illustrative example for descriptor B in activity 11, entitled planning and following journeys, of the PIP assessment guide part 2: the assessment criteria of 16 July 2018.

The Personal Independence Payment Assessment Guide (PIPAG) for Activity 11 – planning and following journeys – was amended in June 2018 to reflect the Upper Tribunal ruling in MH v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (PIP): [2016] UKUT 531 (AAC).

The Department engaged with a range of external stakeholders in relation to the change in guidance and formulation of illustrative examples, but it should be noted that all examples are illustrative only and included to aid the correct and consistent application of the policy.