Answer a simple question for each of the 12 PIP activities to estimate your points and see what you could be entitled to. Every option is a descriptor from the PIP regulations with its official points. If more than one applies on most days, pick the one with the most points.
PIP is scored across two separate parts, and you can be awarded one, both or neither:
For each activity you choose the description that best matches how you manage on most days, and each option carries a set number of points. Points are added up within each part:
The biggest mistake people make is answering for their best day. PIP is scored on whether you can do each activity safely, to an acceptable standard, repeatedly and in a reasonable time. If you can technically do something but not reliably - for example you can cook but have burned yourself or dropped pans, or you can walk a short distance but not without stopping in pain - that counts in your favour. Answer for how you are the majority of the time, not on a rare good day.
This calculator gives a realistic estimate, but the actual decision comes down to how you describe your difficulties on the PIP2 form. Two people with the same condition often score very differently based purely on wording. Our free preview shows you, for one activity, how to put your difficulties into the language the assessment scores.
You need 8 points for the standard rate or 12 points for the enhanced rate. The daily living part and the mobility part are scored separately, so you can be awarded one, both or neither.
The enhanced rate is the higher amount, awarded when you score 12 or more points in a part. The standard rate is awarded for 8 to 11 points. Each part, daily living and mobility, has its own rate.
Yes. If you need to use an aid or appliance to carry out an activity, such as a perching stool or a grab rail, that can score points. The calculator includes these options.
It gives a realistic estimate based on the official scoring system, but it is a guide only. Your actual award depends on how you describe your difficulties on the PIP2 form and any assessment.
Source: descriptors and points from the Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013, Schedule 1 (legislation.gov.uk), checked September 2026. Weekly rates from GOV.UK for 2026/27.