PIP claim

Haha wrote: Hi Gordon.
Hope you are well.
I have a query regarding PIP and ESA forms.
I think I have an overlap on the descriptors of both and would like to show you. Would it be possible to send you two scanned documents via email?
Thank you in advance.

I'm afraid we cannot enter into correspondence with members by email.

There are some areas of overlap between ESA and PIP but there can still be significant differences in the actual assessment criteria, if you can be more specific we'll do our best to help.

Gordon

Haha

The ESA Mobilising test is stricter than the PIP Moving Around test, it assesses you as only being able to walk 50m-100m this would score you 4 points for PIP.

The criteria for the two Going Out activities are sufficiently different that scoring points for ESA would not necessarily mean you would for PIP which has stricter criteria.

The two socialising Descriptor for ESA appears to be tougher than the PIP equivalent so your 6 points may translate, however, the PIP activity has mixed criteria whereas the ESA ones are progressive (e.g. they get harder) and the most obvious overlap would require you to show that your meet the 8 point Descriptor for PIP, so I would expect you to have to provide additional information to support this.

Appropriateness of behaviour has no PIP equivalent although you may be able to tie it in to socialising.

So you need to consider whether these are helpful or not to your PIP claim, if you think that on balance they are then include them, but don't assume that those reading your form will make the links, you need to specifically reference the ESA report in your answers.

Gordon