Free tools · 2026/27 rates
Free PIP and Benefit Calculators
Check your points, work out your backpay, find your deadline and get ready for your assessment in minutes. Built on the DWP’s own descriptors and the 2026/27 rates, by a team led by a former DWP decision maker. Want the bigger picture? See the latest PIP statistics.
Which benefit is it about?
Personal Independence Payment
10 toolsPIP Points Calculator
Would I qualify for PIP?
Score yourself on the 12 activities and see your daily living and mobility points, the rate, and what it’s worth each week.
Open calculatorPIP Conditions List
Can I get PIP for my condition?
Search 535 conditions and see how many people get PIP with yours, how often new claims are awarded and how long awards last. Real DWP figures.
Open checkerPIP Eligibility Checker
Am I eligible to claim PIP?
A two-minute check of the basic rules: age, where you live, and how long your condition has affected you.
Open checkerPIP Rates Calculator
What is PIP worth to me?
Pick your daily living and mobility rates to see the weekly, four-weekly and yearly amounts at 2026/27 rates.
Open calculatorWhat PIP Unlocks
What else could PIP unlock?
See the extra help your award can open up: Blue Badge, Motability, Carer’s Allowance for a carer, and more.
Open checkerBlue Badge PIP Checker
Do I qualify for a Blue Badge?
Check the automatic route: 8 points or more for moving around, or exactly 10 points for descriptor E in planning journeys.
Open checkerPIP Reliability Test Checker
Does the reliability rule apply to me?
Check an activity against the four tests: safely, to an acceptable standard, repeatedly and in a reasonable time.
Open checkerMoving Around Checker
How far can I really walk?
Work through the moving around distances and the reliability rules to see which descriptor fits.
Open checkerPIP Assessment Checklist
Ready for my assessment?
What to prepare, what to bring and what to say, activity by activity. Tick it off as you go, then print it.
Open checklistPIP Review (AR1) Checker
Is my PIP review form a risk?
What has changed since your award, and which answers on the review form need the most care.
Open checkerChallenging a PIP decision
4 toolsShould I Challenge My PIP Decision?
Is it worth challenging my decision?
Compare the points you were awarded with the points you think fit, and see what a successful challenge could be worth.
Open checkerPIP Backpay Calculator
How much backpay am I owed?
Work out the arrears due if your award is increased at reconsideration or tribunal, back to your claim date.
Open calculatorPIP Appeal Timeline Estimator
When will my appeal be decided?
Pick the stage you’re at and the date you reached it to see estimated dates for each milestone ahead.
Open estimatorPIP Tribunal Checklist
Ready for my tribunal?
Bundle, evidence, travel, who’s on the panel and what they ask. Tick it off in the weeks before your hearing.
Open checklistFor every benefit
3 toolsAppeal Deadline Calculator
When is my deadline?
Enter the date on your letter to see the last day for a form, a mandatory reconsideration, a tribunal appeal or an ADP re-determination.
Open calculatorWhich Benefit Should I Claim?
Which benefit should I claim?
Answer five questions about your age, where you live, work and care needs to see whether PIP, ADP, Attendance Allowance or UC fits.
Open checkerCarer’s Allowance Checker
Could my carer get help?
Check the 35-hour rule, the £204 a week earnings limit and whether the person you care for gets a qualifying benefit.
Open checkerWork Capability Assessment
3 toolsWCA Points Checker
Would I get LCW or LCWRA?
Check your Work Capability Assessment points against the 15-point threshold and the LCWRA descriptors.
Open checkerUC Health Element Checker
Which UC health element rate would I get?
See whether LCWRA would pay the earlier or the newer rate, based on when your claim and health condition started.
Open checkerLCWRA Backpay Calculator
How much LCWRA backpay am I owed?
Estimate the arrears if you’re moved into LCWRA at reconsideration or tribunal.
Open calculatorOver State Pension age
2 toolsAttendance Allowance Checker
Could I get Attendance Allowance?
See whether your care or supervision needs meet the day or night tests, and which rate could apply.
Open checkerWhat Attendance Allowance Unlocks
What else could Attendance Allowance unlock?
Estimate the extra Pension Credit and other help your award could open up, and the order to claim it in.
Open checkerAdult Disability Payment, Scotland
1 toolADP Points Calculator
Live in Scotland?
Adult Disability Payment uses the same points as PIP. Check your score and the Scottish rates.
Open calculatorLetters, diaries and examples
4 toolsGP Letter Template
Need a letter from my GP?
A short, ready-to-send request asking your GP for a letter about how your condition affects your daily life.
Get the templateSymptom Diary Template
How do I record my bad days?
A quick daily diary, saved on your device, showing how often each activity is affected. Prints as one record.
Get the templatePIP Appeal Letter Examples
What does a strong appeal letter look like?
Weak and strong example paragraphs for six activities, for a reconsideration or a tribunal, and what makes the difference.
Get the templateReasonable Adjustments Letter
Need adjustments at my assessment?
A letter asking for the adjustments the Equality Act entitles you to, such as a home assessment or breaks.
Get the templateWhy you can trust these tools
Built on the rules the DWP uses.
Every tool follows the published descriptors and rates, checked by a team led by a former DWP decision maker, and updated each April.
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These tools give estimates based on the 2026/27 rates and the published PIP, WCA and Attendance Allowance descriptors. They aren’t a decision or legal advice: the DWP or Social Security Scotland decides your award.
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