PIP questions

just want to know what sort of questions in the face to face PIP assesment regarding money. Do they ask questions regarding what I spend money on. are they allowed to ask this.

My assessment is tomorrow afternoon

Hello CC

It is unlikely they will ask you how you spend your money. They may ask about hobbies and recreational activities but the assessment is more about how your diability affects you on a day to day basis

What happens at the assessment?
Although the DWP claim that PIP medicals are not at all like the work capability assessments for employment and support allowance (ESA), they do seem to be remarkably similar, including the fact that they are computer led.

The medical consists of several parts.

First, the health professional should read any documents relating to your case.

Next, they ask you a series of questions about your condition and about your everyday life. As with ESA, they use drop down lists, multiple choice answers and text boxes to record information on a computer as they go.

Then they may carry out a brief physical examination, checking things like your eyesight, your blood pressure and the range of movement in your limbs, if any of these are relevant to your condition.

Whilst all this is going on they will be making informal observations about the way you look and behave.

Finally, after you have gone, they will list which descriptors (points) they consider apply to you and justify their conclusions.