PIP mobility points table

How the mobility points work

The mobility part of PIP looks at just two activities: planning and following journeys, and moving around. As with daily living, each activity has a set of descriptors worth different points, and only the single highest descriptor that applies in each activity is counted.

The points from the two activities are added together to give a mobility total.

How many points are needed

Daily living is scored separately. See the PIP daily living points table.

The two mobility activities and their points

1. Planning and following journeys

2. Moving around

The same key rules apply

As with daily living, two rules matter:

More than half the days. A descriptor only applies if it is true on more than 50% of days across the 12-month period (3 months before and 9 months after the claim).

Reliably. A person counts as able to move around or follow a journey only if they can do it safely, to an acceptable standard, repeatedly, and in a reasonable time. See PIP reliability rules.

A worked example

This is a general illustration of how the points add up. It is not advice and does not predict any real decision — only the DWP decides, based on each person’s circumstances and evidence.

Imagine a person who, on more than half of days:

• can stand and then move more than 50 metres but no more than 200 metres — Moving around: 4 points
• needs prompting to make a journey to avoid overwhelming psychological distress — Planning and following journeys: 4 points

Adding these gives 4 + 4 = 8 points, which in this illustration reaches the standard rate mobility threshold. A person who cannot follow a familiar journey unaided could score 12 points in a single activity, reaching the enhanced rate.

Next steps

• See the PIP daily living points table.
• Read more about PIP mobility.
• Understand the PIP reliability rules.
• Official source: GOV.UK — how your disability affects you.