Dataset: Personal Independence Payments (Cases with Entitlement)
Field: Daily Living Award Status
Description
There are two components of PIP – for daily living and mobility needs. Each component can be paid at standard rate, or enhanced rate for those with the greatest needs.
For each component a list activities are scored depending on how much support, and the type of support, the clamant needs to do the activity. The scores for the activities are added together to give a total for each component. For each component, they will get the standard rate if they score between 8 and 11 points. For each part, they will get the enhanced rate if their scores add up to 12 points or more.
Classification
For PIP data, the Daily Award type is grouped into four bands. Applicable to: all claimants:
- Daily Living - Enhanced
- Daily Living - Standard
- Daily Living - Nil
- Unknown or missing
Total number of categories: 4