The daily living component is paid at two rates – the standard rate and the enhanced rate. The PIP2 application form asks questions about a number of activities related to daily living. You are awarded points for your answer to each question.
The activities that we have identified as being most relevant to blind and partially sighted people are –
However, if other daily living activities are relevant to you, you can complete the pages on those activities as well.
You need to score at least 8 points to be awarded the standard rate of the daily living component and at least 12 points to be awarded the enhanced rate of the daily living component.
These points can be scored in one activity or by adding together all of the points you score from any of the relevant daily living activities. If you satisfy more than one descriptor (description of how you manage) for any activity then you will be awarded the score from the descriptor with the highest points.
When answering all the questions about daily living think about –
If your answers to these questions are relevant to any of the daily living activities, put your answers in the sections called ‘Extra information’.