The decision about whether a person is entitled to the mobility component, and if so at what rate, is based on the number of points they score in total for the following activities:
- Planning and following journeys
- Moving around outside the home.
Both of these activities are divided into a number of point-scoring descriptors and like the daily living component, people can get an award for the mobility component if they score:
- Eight points for the standard rate
- 12 points for the enhanced rate.
In its recent health and disability whitepaper published on March 16 following the Chancellor’s Spring Budget, the Government said it is legislating to remove the existing Work Capability Assessment so that in future, there is only one health and disability functional assessment – the PIP assessment – with amendments.
The aim is to improve the process of applying for disability benefits, such as PIP, based on evidence-based research from claimants’ personal experiences.
The report states: “We are evaluating how well telephone and video assessments are working compared to face-to-face assessments. This trial will compare award outcomes across channels (face-to-face, telephone and video) for people who are due an initial WCA or PIP assessment, who can use all three channels, and whose assessment is auto-booked to one of those channels.
