Personal independence payment – best practice in completing the questionnaire

This course summarises how the personal independence payment (PIP) claim process or ‘journey’ works and the importance of the PIP2 questionnaire.

It looks at what makes a good PIP claim, and also at the limitations of the PIP2 questionnaire. We look how it can be optimised using the regulations, guidance and case law.

The course covers:

• A summary of the legal basis of PIP entitlement
• How points flow from PIP ‘activities’ and ‘descriptors’
• The role of the PIP2 questionnaire to generate information
• How PIP2 matches up or fails to match up to PIP ‘descriptors’
• How a defective questionnaire response can cause trouble
• How to use PIP regulations 7 and 4(2A) to assist in making good claims
• How PIP case law provides very useful guidance to advisers
• How to improve on the standard PIP2 form
• How to complete the questionnaire with an eye to tribunal judge scrutiny, if an appeal becomes necessary

Please note: this is a face-to-face course only.