Benefits


Personal Independence Payment and Disability Living Allowance are benefits available to disabled people to help with extra living costs and who meet the criteria.  Children still claim DLA but adults now claim PIP.  This section has information and resources about PIP mainly.  
Universal Credit and Employment Support Allowance are benefits for working age people who are on a low income or out of work.  This may include disabled young people still at college.  ESA is a legacy benefit so you can’t apply for it now but you may still be in receipt of it until you are migrated to UC.
Image of a man wearing an orange flap cap and glasses seated at a piano next to a young woman with Down syndrome wearing a grey and black polka dot top. They are both playing the piano with their hands.

The following information has been compiled from information on the Benefits and Work website, the government website and other websites.  The PIP form does not list the options and points for each activity as you see here so it can be helpful to understand what your responses are being compared to.