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Free PIP moving around checker · 2026PIP moving around checker: how far can you really walk?
Moving around is worth up to 12 points on its own. Answer a few questions about how far you can walk, and whether you can do it reliably, to see which descriptor fits you and what it could mean for your mobility award.
- One question at a time, about 1 minute
- Uses the four reliability tests, not just distance
- Free, and nothing you choose is saved or sent
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Check your moving around
Tap an answer to move on. You can go back or start again at any time.
Can you stand up, with or without an aid?
Count any walking aid you normally use, but not help from another person.
How far can you walk before you have to stop?
Think about a normal pace on flat ground, using any aid you normally use. A double-decker bus is about 10 metres; a football pitch is about 100.
Do you use a walking aid for that?
For example a stick, crutches or a walking frame.
Could you walk that far safely?
Without falling, or a real risk of falling or harm.
Without severe pain, breathlessness or exhaustion?
The walking has to be to an acceptable standard, not just possible.
Could you do it again, as often as you need to in a day?
Walking there is one thing; walking back, and again later, counts too.
In a reasonable time?
No more than twice as long as someone without your condition would take.
Is this how you are on most days?
A descriptor applies if it fits you on more than half of days.
- Which moving around descriptor fits you
- Whether a higher one could apply
- What it means for a Blue Badge and your mobility rate
Moving around: the points.
Activity 12 of PIP. Only one descriptor applies: the one that fits you on most days.
| Descriptor | Points |
|---|---|
| Can stand and then move more than 200 metres | 0 |
| Can move more than 50 but no more than 200 metres | 4 |
| Can move unaided more than 20 but no more than 50 metres | 8 |
| Can move with an aid more than 20 but no more than 50 metres | 10 |
| Can move more than 1 but no more than 20 metres | 12 |
| Can’t stand, or can’t move more than 1 metre | 12 |
Schedule 1 to the PIP Regulations 2013. 8 points gives the standard mobility rate and a Blue Badge; 12 gives the enhanced rate. See PIP rates on GOV.UK.
Distance is only half the test.
If you can’t walk a distance safely, without severe pain, repeatedly and in a reasonable time, you shouldn’t be scored as able to.
We argue it for you
Our letters show the distance you can walk reliably, with your own examples, and why the assessor’s figure is wrong.
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PIP Assessment Preparation Workbook
What the assessor asks about walking, and how to explain your worst days. A PDF you fill in and take with you.
What the assessor looks at.
Stopping, not just walking
The distance is how far you can go before you need to stop because of pain, breathlessness or exhaustion.
After you’ve stopped
If you can only carry on after a long rest, or you’re in severe pain afterwards, that counts against walking that far reliably.
The aid you use
A stick or frame you normally use is counted. Help from another person isn’t an aid.
Watch what you say
“I walked from the car park” can be used against you. Say how far, how long it took and how you felt afterwards.
Tools for your claim.
Moving around questions answered.
Up to 12 points: 0, 4, 8, 10 or 12, depending on how far you can stand and move. 8 points alone gives the standard mobility rate, and 12 the enhanced rate.
Both cover moving more than 20 but no more than 50 metres. It’s 8 points if you do it unaided, and 10 if you need an aid such as a stick or walking frame.
Yes. You must be able to walk the distance safely, to an acceptable standard, repeatedly and in a reasonable time. If you can’t, a higher descriptor may apply.
Moving around is about standing and then moving, so it doesn’t include how far you can wheel yourself. If you can’t stand or move more than 1 metre, that scores 12 points.
About two double-decker buses end to end, or the length of a cricket pitch. 50 metres is about half a football pitch.
Yes. 8 or more points for moving around qualifies for a Blue Badge automatically.
The descriptor that applies is the one that fits you on more than half of days. Describe a typical week, including bad days and how often they happen.
No. It shows how the rules apply to your answers. The DWP decides which descriptor applies.
Scored too low for walking? Challenge it for £49.
We argue the distance you can walk reliably, with your own examples. Reviewed by a former DWP decision maker, ready in 48 hours.
This checker is a guide based on your answers. It isn’t a decision or legal advice: the DWP decides which descriptor applies. Descriptors in plain English from Schedule 1 to the PIP Regulations 2013; reliability from regulation 4(2A).