Difference between award of high rate DLA & PIP

Flutter-by wrote: Hi,
In an answer to a question I think from Claire, Gordon made a point along the lines of ... a high rate DLA award for daily living cannot be compared with enhanced rate PIP for same. I'm not quoting correctly, but can you explain more please, I somehow assumed they were the same status and for same level of 'need'? Ditto mobility, all be it two levels for PIP while three for DLA.
Please can you clarify further?
Thanks

My comments were not in regard the Mobility component of DLA or PIP.

DLA looks at the amount of care that the claimant has. The Higher Rate of Care for DLA is awarded because a claimant has care needs both day and night. So someone with moderate care needs but needs that require help both day and night, would receive DLA HRC, however, someone with significant care needs but only during the day or the night but not both, would only ever be able to receive Medium Rate Care.

PIP is a functional assessment of the problems that a claimant has completing a number of daily activities, in general, the more problems the claimant has, the more points they will score.

So following the examples I used above (and I want to stress that I am genralising), the claimant with moderate problems day and night might only score sufficiently for a Standard award of Daily Living whereas the claimant with significant problems might gain an Enhanced award.

Gordon