ESA50 Question 1 trap?

I see that when the ESA50 was relaunched earlier this year the questions asked on 'getting around' (Q1) have changed.

The previous question - Can you move at least 50 metres? - options - yes; no; it varies

Has been replaced with 'How far can you move .... ?' . The shortest tick box option is 50m. So there is no tick box for those who cannot safely (etc.) move as far as 50m.

Can't help but think this has all the makings of a trap, given the proposal for people who can walk as far as 50 m to be ineligible for PIP mobility / high rate mobility

Yes Gordon, I do appreciate that the law has not changed.

However the form has. And this is what I am worried about.

I'm aware that you should make the form fit to the way you want to describe your limitations, rather than having the form dictate how you describe them, and I have already been advising people along the lines that you suggest.

I worry about others.

Just yesterday I took a call from someone about this question, who was totally convinced that it was necessary to 'tick a box'.

Why did the DWP change the wording of this question - when the law has not changed?

And change it in such a way that there is no longer a tick box to record that you cannot 'move around' as far as 50m. Is it sheer coincidence - fortuitous coincidence for the DWP - that this obfuscation happens to coincide with the introduction of a new benefit (PIP), where ability to 'move around' over a distance of 50m will preclude claimants from receipt of the related component? (as per the current Spartacus campaign.)