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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.

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Which benefit is it about?

PIP

Personal Independence Payment

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PIPPersonal Independence Payment

PIP 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.

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PIPPersonal Independence Payment

PIP 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.

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PIPPersonal Independence Payment

PIP 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.

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PIPPersonal Independence Payment

PIP 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.

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PIPPersonal Independence Payment

What 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.

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PIPPersonal Independence Payment

Blue 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.

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PIPPersonal Independence Payment

PIP 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.

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PIPPersonal Independence Payment

Moving Around Checker

How far can I really walk?

Work through the moving around distances and the reliability rules to see which descriptor fits.

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PIPPersonal Independence Payment

PIP 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.

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PIPPersonal Independence Payment

PIP 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.

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PIP appeals

Challenging a PIP decision

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PIP appealsChallenging a PIP decision

Should 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.

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PIP 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.

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PIP appealsChallenging a PIP decision

PIP 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.

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PIP appealsChallenging a PIP decision

PIP 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.

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All benefits

For every benefit

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All benefitsFor every benefit

Appeal 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.

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Which 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.

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Carer’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.

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UC & ESA

Work Capability Assessment

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WCA Points Checker

Would I get LCW or LCWRA?

Check your Work Capability Assessment points against the 15-point threshold and the LCWRA descriptors.

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UC & ESAWork Capability Assessment

UC 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.

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LCWRA Backpay Calculator

How much LCWRA backpay am I owed?

Estimate the arrears if you’re moved into LCWRA at reconsideration or tribunal.

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Attendance Allowance

Over State Pension age

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Attendance AllowanceFor people over State Pension age

Attendance 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.

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Attendance AllowanceFor people over State Pension age

What 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.

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ADP

Adult Disability Payment, Scotland

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ADPAdult Disability Payment, Scotland

ADP Points Calculator

Live in Scotland?

Adult Disability Payment uses the same points as PIP. Check your score and the Scottish rates.

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Free templates

Letters, diaries and examples

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Free templatesLetters, diaries and examples

GP 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.

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Symptom 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.

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PIP 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.

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Reasonable 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.

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Why 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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