UPDATE: |DWP PIP payments have increased for millions of people from today – full list of new rates News

PIP rates are increasing today in line with inflation – full list of new rates

Personal Independent Payment (PIP) payments have increased for millions of people today as new DWP benefit rates come into effect. Benefit rates increase at the start of each new tax year, April 6, but actually come into effect from today – the first working day of the new tax year.

PIP is a benefit for adults of working age who have an illness, disability or mental health condition. It has a daily living rate component and a mobility rate component – you can be entitled to one of these or both depending on your situation.

The disability benefit is claimed by individuals who need assistance with mobility or daily tasks. Currently, it provides up to £184.30 per week for claimants who receive both the daily living and mobility components.

Every year the Department for Work and Pensions’ rates go up in line with the inflation level from the previous September. This was confirmed as being 1.7% in September 2024, according to the consumer price index.

Benefit rates are generally increased annually in April, with most of the new rates increasing on April 6 – the beginning of the new tax year. But many of the new rates will actually come into effect from today, Monday, April 7 – the first working day of the new tax year.

The new PIP rates come after the government undertook a major overhaul of the benefits system last month, including changes to the PIP eligibility and scoring system which may affect some people’s claims in the future.

The changes, announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall, will overwhelmingly effecting PIP claimants and eligibility criteria.

It means people who have ‘lower needs’ will be ineligible for the daily living component of PIP in the future through changes to the PIP scoring system.

However, Ms Kendall told the House of Commons that PIP would not be frozen or ‘means-tested’ as part of the reforms. According to the Green Paper, PIP will remain an ‘important’ and ‘non-means tested’ benefit for disabled people and people with health conditions, regardless of whether they are in work or not.

She also announced that the overhaul to the benefits system would make big savings, telling MPs the reforms would save £5bn by the end of the decade.

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Full list of new PIP payment rates

Daily living

• Lower rate: £72.65 a week to £73.90 a week
• Higher rate: £108.55 a week to £110.40 a week

Mobility

• Lower rate: £28.70 a week to £29.20 a week
• Higher rate: £75.75 a week to £77.05 a week

To see a full list of benefits increasing from today, click here.