DWP breaks down PIP video assessment rules - will they continue in a post-Covid world?

PIP is a state benefit which helps with some of the extra costs associated with long-term physical or mental health conditions or disabilities. To be eligible for PIP, a claimant must be aged between 16 and state pension age.

These assessments used to be mainly conducted in person and over the phone but as coronavirus emerged, some of the assessment process was done through video calls.

On this, Vicky Foxcroft, the Labour MP for Lewisham, Deptford, recently asked the DWP for clarity on the assessment process.