Will an award of PIP affect my other benefits?
Under the legacy benefit system for working age customers, a PIP award did have the potential to increase means-tested benefits (such as income-related employment and support allowance). This legacy system has now been replaced with Universal Credit (UC).
When people were moved from legacy benefits to UC, they may have received an additional top-up in their UC award, (called a transitional element), to reflect the fact that their legacy benefit had been increased due to an award of PIP.
A new PIP award, when a you're already receiving UC, will not affect the amount paid, but an award of the daily living component of PIP can enable someone to claim carer’s allowance and/or the carer element of UC if they are helping the PIP claimant for 35 hours or more a week.
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If you're awarded PIP before you reach state pension age, it can continue to be paid after state pension age. In these circumstances the PIP award can bring or increase entitlement to Pension Credit.
A PIP award can also bring entitlement to:
- a vehicle (car, scooter or powered wheelchair) leased through the Motability Scheme - if you're awarded the enhanced rate of the mobility component of PIP for a minimum of 12 months.
- a free tax disc - if you get the enhanced rate of the mobility component of PIP, or a 50% discount if they get the standard rate
Benefits rules for pensioners can be complicated, if a customer is a pensioner receiving PIP please see, Will an award of PIP affect my other benefits, if I am on a pension?
Updated 07.09.26
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