Beginning the PIP journey

Hi Dart

Times are only approximate.

1. 7 days or less
2. 7 - 10 days
3. Familiar journey is one that is known to you - which you may be able to follow by yourself or it may be one that is known to you, but you would not be able to follow without help. So from what you said below although you may have followed a certain route on many occasions this is not something you can do yourself without the support of your partner. (You need to explain why)

BIS

Hi Dart

I cannot tell you how to write, but the difficulties that you describe are very clear. Use what you have said here. Here is a breakdown of the Going Out activity for PIP

Planning a route - this is primarily a cognitive or sensory (e.g. blindness) activity. You are being asked about the problems you would have with working out how to get from one place to another, you do not need to be able to follow the route that you are planning.

Undertaking a Journey - this is to do with mental health issues such as agoraphobia and social anxiety and is concerned with you leaving the house to go somewhere, they will be interested in the things that stop you doing this. You need to show that you would suffer "overwhelming psychological distress" to meet the criteria.

Following a route - This activity about the problems you would have navigating a route. So are there problems; cognitive, sensory or mental health issues that would prevent you from doing this? This is different from undertaking a journey, in fact, if you cannot undertake a journey then you will not score points for following one and vice versa.

BIS

Dart

Yes, you have avoided a face to face unless the DWP decide the report is not sufficient but this would be extremely rare.

You should be able to just ask for the assessment report by contacting the DWP office dealing with your claim, the official name for the report when no face to face is done is a PA3.

Gordon