PIP Points Calculator (2026/2027)
Check what you should score for the Daily Living and Mobility components using the 2026/27 DWP descriptors. If this PIP points calculator gives you a higher score than the DWP did, that’s grounds to appeal.
How to use it: Pick the statement that best matches your condition on most days. Nothing is saved — refresh the page and your answers reset.
Apply these three rules to every question
These are the same tests a DWP decision maker uses. Score yourself the way the assessor will, and you’ll see your true number.
Highest descriptor only
If two descriptors apply to one activity, pick the higher. Never count both.
The reliability rule
Safely, repeatedly, to standard, in reasonable time — or treat as unable.
The 50% rule
If it applies on more than half of days in a typical year, you score for it.
What you’re aiming for
Component 1: Daily Living Activities
Preparing Food
Taking Nutrition
Managing Therapy or Monitoring a Health Condition
Washing and Bathing
Managing Toilet Needs or Incontinence
Dressing and Undressing
Communicating Verbally
Reading and Understanding Signs, Symbols and Words
Engaging with Other People Face to Face
Making Budgeting Decisions
Component 2: Mobility Activities
Planning and Following Journeys
Moving Around
Please answer all questions to see your results
Disclaimer: This tool is for information purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. The final decision on your PIP claim is made by the DWP or HM Courts & Tribunal Service. The descriptors and points used here match the official DWP regulations. Rates shown reflect the April 2026 uprating. PIPAppeal is not a law firm.
Two ways to challenge the DWP — £49 flat each
If this calculator says you should score 8+ in a component and the DWP awarded fewer, the gap between the two scores is the case for your appeal. Most refusals aren’t about whether you qualify — they’re about how the assessor described your condition in the report.
Mandatory Reconsideration
A formal request that the DWP looks at your decision again with a different decision-maker — required before you can take a case to Tribunal. We draft the letter, you sign it, you send it.
Start my MR · £49First-tier Tribunal Appeal
An independent judge reviews the evidence. Around 60% of cases overturn at this stage. We draft the Tribunal submission tailored to your conditions and evidence.
Start my Tribunal · £49More than 1 month past your decision date? Late appeals are sometimes accepted with good reason — illness, hospital admission, evidence delays. Email support@pipappeal.org.uk and we’ll tell you straight whether yours has a chance.
We don’t take a percentage of your backpay. Whatever you’re awarded, you keep all of it. Read the full appeal guide →
From November, new Daily Living claims need 4+ points in a single activity
The clearest way to understand the rule is to see two example scores side by side.
2 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 8
✗ Won’t qualify from Nov 2026
Spread across 4 activities · no single activity scores 4+
4 + 2 + 2 = 8
✓ Still qualifies
Same total, but one activity scores 4+
What doesn’t change: Existing PIP awards continue under previous rules until next review · Mobility component unaffected · Enhanced rate threshold (12 pts) unaffected · Reliability and 50% rules still apply. Full descriptor and reform guide →
Meet Neil.
A former DWP decision maker who spent 15 years on the inside. Now he writes the letters that overturn refusals.
Inside the DWP
Welfare benefits decision making
Knows the criteria
Trained in current PIP assessment law
Personally reviewed
No letter goes out without his sign-off
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Across the letters Neil has drafted
Common questions about scoring
If your question isn’t covered, email us at support@pipappeal.org.uk and we’ll reply same day.
It uses the official DWP descriptors and 2026/27 rates. It’s a guide, not a guarantee — the actual decision is made by a DWP decision-maker based on your PIP2 form and an assessment report. Two people with the same condition can score differently if they describe the same difficulty in different language. That’s why the wording on appeal letters matters more than the descriptor list.
Yes. The descriptors themselves are the same legal tests in force since 2013 — they weren’t rewritten for 2026/27. What changed in April 2026 was the payment rates, which this calculator reflects. The November 2026 reform changes how Daily Living points qualify but doesn’t change the descriptors.
No. Nothing you enter leaves your browser. Refresh the page and your answers reset. If you want to save your score, screenshot the results panel.
Standard applies if you score 8–11 points in a component. Enhanced applies if you score 12 or more. Daily Living standard pays £76.70 per week (£306.80 every 4 weeks). Daily Living enhanced pays £114.60 per week (£458.40 every 4 weeks). Mobility standard is £30.30 per week; enhanced is £80.00 per week.
No. The two components are scored separately. A high Mobility score does not boost Daily Living and vice versa. You can receive one component, both, or neither — depending on which thresholds you meet for each.
If you’re making a new Daily Living claim from November 2026 onwards, yes — you’ll need at least 4 points in a single activity in addition to reaching 8 overall. If you’re already receiving PIP, the change doesn’t affect you until your next scheduled review. The Mobility component is not affected by this rule.
Read the full descriptor and reform guide →That’s the case for your appeal. If you scored higher here than the DWP awarded, request a Mandatory Reconsideration within one month of your decision letter. If your MR comes back the same, you can appeal to a First-tier Tribunal. Our MR and Tribunal letters are £49 flat each. We don’t take a percentage of any backpay.
See our appeal services →The activities, descriptors, and rates are identical, so the points calculation works the same way. Adult Disability Payment uses the same April 2026 uprating (3.8%) as PIP. The appeal process differs though — Scottish appeals are run by Social Security Scotland, not the DWP. We currently draft letters for PIP appeals in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Yes — answer on their behalf, picking the descriptor that best matches their condition on most days. If you’re going on to challenge their decision, your knowledge of their day-to-day difficulties is exactly the kind of detail an appeal letter needs.
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