Pip stats show over 3.5 million are now on the benefit. 2.2 million claims are new and 1.3 million are DLA reassessments.
The stats continue to show that mandatory reconsiderations usually don' t lead to a decision in favour of the claimant, but appeal decisions usually do.
A useful PIP case [2024] UKUT 283 (AAC)UA-2024-000378-PIP has advised 'It is important to consider or extrapolate from other activities which are genuinely comparable to the activity being assessed.'and... ' [paragraph12] it seems eminently sensible that the activity is genuinely comparable in terms of, for example, movement(s) required, cognitive demands etc in addition to, as is explicitly referred to by Commissioner Stockman, the degree of regularity with which it is performed. At frst blush it is diffcult to see how passing “key” GCSEs, playing video games and the inevitably speculative consideration of driving lessons which may occur at a future date fall within the “genuinely comparable” category in the context of assessing the appellant’s ability to prepare and cook a simple meal.'
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