- Daily living pays £76.70 a week at the standard rate and £114.60 at the enhanced rate.1
- Mobility pays £30.30 a week at the standard rate and £80.00 at the enhanced rate.1
- Both components at the enhanced rate come to £194.60 a week, about £10,119 a year, paid every four weeks.1
- PIP is not means-tested and not taxable: your income, savings and job make no difference to it.2
- It never reduces Universal Credit, and daily living PIP can help you qualify for the UC health element worth £217.26 a month.2
PIP weekly rates for 2026/27
PIP has two components: daily living and mobility. Each is paid at either a standard or enhanced rate depending on how many points you score at assessment.
Daily living standard rate: £76.70 per week. Daily living enhanced rate: £114.60 per week.1
Mobility standard rate: £30.30 per week. Mobility enhanced rate: £80.00 per week.1
You can receive one or both components, and each can be at standard or enhanced rate independently of the other.
PIP monthly amounts in 2026/27
PIP is paid every four weeks, not calendar monthly. Over a full year the annual amounts are: daily living standard £3,988.40, daily living enhanced £5,959.20, mobility standard £1,575.60, mobility enhanced £4,160.00.
If you receive both components at enhanced rate, your combined award is £194.60 per week (£10,119.20 per year).
If you receive daily living enhanced and mobility standard, the combined weekly rate is £144.90.
Worked example: the annual value of a full award
Because PIP is quoted weekly but paid every four weeks, the yearly value is easy to under-estimate. Here is what an enhanced award on both components adds up to:
| Daily living component (enhanced) | £114.60/wk |
| Mobility component (enhanced) | £80.00/wk |
| Combined weekly total | £194.60/wk |
| Annual value (× 52 weeks) | £10,119.20 |
That is £778.40 landing in the account every four weeks, all of it tax-free and none of it counted against Universal Credit or any other benefit.2 The daily living component here can also open the door to the UC limited capability for work and work-related activity element, worth another £217.26 a month, though that runs through a separate Work Capability Assessment. Add it up and a full PIP award, plus the doors it opens, is comfortably worth more than £15,000 a year to a working-age household.
Points thresholds for standard and enhanced rates
Daily living: 8 to 11 points = standard rate. 12 or more points = enhanced rate.
Mobility: 8 to 11 points = standard rate. 12 or more points = enhanced rate.
Points come from 10 daily living activities and 2 mobility activities. Each activity is scored from 0 to 12 depending on how much difficulty you have completing it reliably, repeatedly and in a timely manner.
You need at least 8 points in a component to receive any payment for that component. Scoring 7 or fewer means nil for that component, even if you score well in the other.
PIP is not means-tested
PIP is paid regardless of income, savings or employment status. You can have £100,000 in savings and a full-time job and still receive PIP if your condition meets the assessment criteria.
This is one of the most important facts about PIP. Many people with disabilities who work assume they cannot claim. That assumption is wrong.
PIP is also not taxable. It does not affect your entitlement to other benefits. In fact, receiving PIP can unlock additional amounts in UC (the LCWRA element), Carer's Allowance for someone who cares for you, and free road tax if you receive the enhanced mobility component.
How PIP interacts with Universal Credit
If you receive PIP daily living at either rate, you may qualify for the Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related Activity (LCWRA) element of Universal Credit, worth £217.26 per month in 2026/27. You still need to go through the UC Work Capability Assessment separately.
PIP does not count as income for UC. Receiving PIP does not reduce your UC award.
The enhanced mobility component of PIP also qualifies you for exemption from the Vehicle Excise Duty (road tax) and access to the Motability scheme.
How the rate is set, and when it can change
Your rate on each component is decided purely by points, not by your diagnosis. You need 8 to 11 points for the standard rate and 12 or more for the enhanced rate, and the two components are scored separately, so it is common to get, say, enhanced daily living with no mobility award, or the reverse.1
PIP rates are uprated once a year, normally each April, so the figures here apply for the 2026/27 tax year. Your own award can change at other times too: awards are given for a fixed period and then reviewed, and if your condition worsens you can report a change of circumstances and ask for a reassessment, which can move you from standard to enhanced.2
If a decision looks wrong, you have one month to ask for a mandatory reconsideration, and then a right of appeal to an independent tribunal. A large share of appeals succeed, particularly where new medical evidence, a care plan or a symptom diary is added, so a first refusal is not the end of the road.