Disability Living Allowance to Personal

Independence Payment

Welfare Benefits Unit

Tuesday 4th March 2014

Richard Porter – Welfare Rights Adviser

Disability Living Allowance

Replaced by Personal Independence Payments (PIP) in 2013

• For all new claimants – age 16 to 64

• 16 and under (and over 65’s unaffected by PIP)

• So who does it apply to?

Personal Independence Payment

• I’ve reached the age of 16 – what happens?

• To make a claim for PIP

• Unless DLA was awarded under the ‘terminal illness’ rules

• Depending on your postcode you will be invited …

Personal Independence Payment

• So what do I have to do?

• Nothing unless in a ‘postcode affected’ area

Do you have any ………