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To qualify for PIP, a person will not need to have a carer, which could open a wider range of individuals up to the payment. Eligible claimants can receive between £23.70 and £152.15 each week.

Since PIP is paid every four weeks, this would amount to between £94.80 and £608.60 every month.

In addition, PIP is not a taxable or means-tested benefit, meaning Britons do not have to worry about their income when making a claim.

People also do not need to have paid National Insurance contributions to get it.

The amount someone has in savings will not affect a person’s eligibility for PIP.

A person must find it hard to do everyday tasks or get around because of a physical or mental condition in order to qualify.

They should have experienced these conditions for at least three months and expect it to continue for another nine months before applying.

Importantly, PIP is not based on the condition a person has or the medication they take. Rather, it is based on the level of help they need because of how the condition directly affects them.

The DWP will judge the eligibility of a PIP claim on a period of 12 months, looking back for three months and forward for nine months.

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This is to consider if the illness has changed over time.

The PIP scoring criteria awards points based on how difficult it is for a person to navigate various daily activities.

To get the standard rate daily living component, a person needs to score between eight to 11 points in total for the daily living activities, and 12 points to get the enhanced rate.

To get the standard rate mobility component, it is eight to 11 points in total for the mobility activities.

It is crucial to be living in England, Scotland or Wales in order to apply for PIP.

The exception to this is if a person is terminally ill or in the armed forces.

Musculoskeletal conditions are injuries and disorders that affect the human body’s movement or musculoskeletal system such as muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves, discs and blood vessels.

Many of these different conditions can be grouped into an arthritis category.

There are currently 882,904 people across the UK claiming PIP for some form of musculoskeletal condition.

This makes up 32.6 percent of the total number of PIP claimants, which is 2,705,807.

The PIP benefit is delivered and overseen by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).