PIP Claim

Hi, If you use a mobility scooter and actually go to the assessment using it, would they consider you as self mobilizing with regard to the 20m walking rule?

Steve wrote: Hi, If you use a mobility scooter and actually go to the assessment using it, would they consider you as self mobilizing with regard to the 20m walking rule?

Hi S,

Welcome to Benefits and Work

The PIP Moving Around part of PIP Mobility is purely a "Walking Test" so if you have to use your Mobility Scooter through necessity rather than by choice, any distance that you can move on the Mobility Scooter only, is not counted.

The term "Mobilising" is not used in the PIP Activities, it is only used for ESA Activity 1, where self propelling a Manual Wheelchair unaided is taken into account !

As confirmed in my response to another member : Here.

See also : PIP Self Test

PIP Points Scoring System

&

PIP Claims Guide. (2nd Link down the page)

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bro58

Hi, thank you for the reply, but I'm a little confused. The person uses the scooter the vast majority of the time and could probably walk a couple of meters before needing scooter. So are you saying that only the two meters will be taken into account when being assessed, thus qualify for the higher rate of mobility.
Sorry if I'm confusing you with this question

Steve wrote: Hi, thank you for the reply, but I'm a little confused. The person uses the scooter the vast majority of the time and could probably walk a couple of meters before needing scooter. So are you saying that only the two meters will be taken into account when being assessed, thus qualify for the higher rate of mobility.
Sorry if I'm confusing you with this question

Hi S,

Yes, the PIP Moving Around Activity only assesses the distance that you can Walk Reliably for the majority of the days.

Any distance that you can Move in any form of wheelchair or on any form of Mobility Scooter cannot be taken into account.

The important issue is that you must be using the Wheelchair/ Mobility Scooter through necessity rather than by choice.

So as long as you can show that you are doing so through necessity rather than by choice for the majority of the days, if you can only Walk a "couple of metres before needing your scooter" this should result in you receiving the maximum 12 points for the Moving Around Activity and an Enhanced PIP Mobility Award.

Of course, you would need to prove that this was the case, otherwise there may be scenarios where PIP claimants would be buying/hiring Wheelchairs/Mobility Scooter even if they did not need them through necessity, in an attempt to gain an Enhanced PIP Mobility Award.

Not that I am insinuating that anyone would do so, but I am making the statement from DWP's viewpoint !!

bro58

Does the HP need to have your paperwork to hand whilst conducting an assessment?
Or at the very least read the information you have provided on the pip form?
If neither happened would the medical be void?