Carrying out journeys

Hello Gemma,

It is actually the percentage of journeys which you undertake rather than the number you take a week.

So if you only go out once a week, but you always require assisstance that counts as 100%.

Hope that helps,
Catherine

Hi Gemma,
I think I can clarify the 'majority rules' a bit more.
The PIP regulations allow points when a descriptor activity applies for the 'majority of days'. Whilst this might be the same as the majority of time , it may not be!
The rules stipulate that if you can't do an activity or need some sort of help for any part of the day as long as it is not a trivial amount of time then you score the relevant points. So the majority of days is the majority if days when at some point you can't do an activity in some way.
But... (Always a but!) If you struggle with 2 or more activities under any one descriptor section, but no one activity reaches the majority of days, then you can aggregate the activities. So if you can't do Descriptor 1b for 10 days per month, 1c for 5 days a month and 1e for 4 days, if you add them up it comes to 19 which is over half the days. In this scenario you would get points for 1b, as this is the option that applies most. If more than one activity applies equally, and either you need to aggregate or both apply for the majority if days then the higher points will always apply whatever that is. This is PIP Regulations 2013 reg. 7.
(Please note however that this is the law most often not applied by DWP!!!)
To put this in context of your query about journeys. The above rules apply to every time you go out, or attempt to go out.
Catherine is absolutely right. If you need your assistance dog any time you go out, be it once a week once month or 3 times a day then you ALWAYS need the assistance. If you are filling out the form, you should state "I can not go out without my assistance dog. " You might then want to add what sort of assistance dog it is, and how/why you need it, and the support it provides. Does it totally remove the problems you have by having him with you, or does it merely help sufficiently to allow at least some independence? Explain what happens.
I hope the above helps.
Good luck.
LL26