More than one million people are receiving between £28.70 and £184.30 each week through PIP or Adult Disability Payment The latest figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that there are more than 1.
1 million adults across Great Britain receiving support through Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for more than 85 musculoskeletal conditions, including 64,202 living in Scotland. Musculoskeletal conditions are injuries and disorders that affect the human body’s movement or musculoskeletal system such as muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves, discs and blood vessels. Arthritis is a general term that refers to many of these different conditions, however, some common conditions include osteoarthritis, back pain, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, osteoporosis, gout, polymyalgia rheumatica, lupus and ankylosing spondylitis.
If you are over 16 and under State Pension age, you may be able to claim PIP - or Adult Disability Payment (ADP) in Scotland - to help with a musculoskeletal condition, and if your ability to work is limited due to your symptoms you could be eligible for ‘new style’ Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). The new DWP figures also showed that there are now 3.5 million people in Scotland, England and Wales claiming PIP, including almost 218,859 living in Scotland.
However, as more existing PIP claimants living in Scotland are transferred to ADP, that figure will decrease. Even though new claims for PIP have been replaced in Scotland by A.