Making a Claim for PIP - Transfer from DLA to PIP

Jan wrote: Sorry to ask again but I am still not clear about the following question in my previous post:

" I have read that if, for example, three of the descriptors for preparing food apply in different percentages e.g: 20%, 30%, 15% that, the total would qualify as the majority of the time, even though no one descriptor is applicable for 50% of the time. Also, that I should be awarded the points applicable to the 30% descriptor because that is the most frequent. Is this true?"

Quoting percentages can make it difficult for those assessing you to understand how often you are effected. The legal definition is "on the majority of days" so if possible quote days rather than percentages. For example 15% is actually less than one day and 20% is only slightly over one day.

You also need to be careful of overlap, or at least the assumption of it. What I mean by this is having problems stopping you completing the activities at the same time; as a silly example; if you could not prepare and cook a meal 2 days a week due to needing prompting and two days a week due to physical problems, then this is principle adds up to four days and is therefore the majority of the time. However, if they overlap then you might actually be effected for only three days a week and not meet the test.

Where multiple Descriptors apply then it is the one that effects you most often that should be selected.

Jan wrote: Sorry to ask again but I am still not clear about the following question in my previous post:

" I have read that if, for example, three of the descriptors for preparing food apply in different percentages e.g: 20%, 30%, 15% that, the total would qualify as the majority of the time, even though no one descriptor is applicable for 50% of the time. Also, that I should be awarded the points applicable to the 30% descriptor because that is the most frequent. Is this true?"

Quoting percentages can make it difficult for those assessing you to understand how often you are effected. The legal definition is "on the majority of days" so if possible quote days rather than percentages. For example 15% is actually less than one day and 20% is only slightly over one day.

You also need to be careful of overlap, or at least the assumption of it. What I mean by this is having problems stopping you completing the activities at the same time; as a silly example; if you could not prepare and cook a meal 2 days a week due to needing prompting and two days a week due to physical problems, then this is principle adds up to four days and is therefore the majority of the time. However, if they overlap then you might actually be effected for only three days a week and not meet the test.

Where multiple Descriptors apply then it is the one that effects you most often that should be selected.