Is PIP means tested?

Source: gov.uk: PIP, how much you'll get. Checked 11 October 2026.

The conditions for PIP in the Welfare Reform Act 2012 cover how your condition affects you, for how long, where you live and your age. None of them is about income, yours or a partner's.

Source: Welfare Reform Act 2012, sections 77 to 79. Checked 11 October 2026.

What PIP depends on instead

PIP is based on how your condition affects you: how difficult you find everyday tasks and getting around, whether you can do them safely, and how long they take you. DWP scores that on 12 activities, and the score decides whether you get the daily living part, the mobility part or both, and at which rate. The PIP points calculator shows how the descriptors add up.

In 2026/27 that's between £30.30 and £194.60 a week, the same for everyone on the same rates. The full table is on how much is PIP.

Source: gov.uk: Personal Independence Payment. Checked 11 October 2026.

Working, savings and other benefits

You can get PIP if you're working or have savings. Since 30 April 2026, the regulations say that doing paid or voluntary work isn't a reason for DWP to look at your award again.

You can get PIP at the same time as all other benefits, except Armed Forces Independence Payment. If you get Constant Attendance Allowance you get less of the daily living part, and War Pensioners' Mobility Supplement means no mobility part.

Sources: gov.uk: PIP eligibility; PIP Regulations 2013, regulation 11(2), inserted by SI 2026/395. Checked 11 October 2026.