updated its payment rates<\/a> for 2026, adding 92 new conditions to those that qualify. This comes after a 3.8% inflationary increase.<\/p>\nThe new rates are as follows:<\/p>\n
Daily Living Component<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Standard Rate:<\/strong> \u00a376.70 per week<\/li>\n
- Enhanced Rate:<\/strong> \u00a3114.60 per week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Mobility Component<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Standard Rate:<\/strong> \u00a330.30 per week<\/li>\n
- Enhanced Rate:<\/strong> \u00a380.00 per week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Eligible individuals who qualify for the maximum support – the enhanced rates for both components – will receive a total of \u00a3194.60 per week, amounting to \u00a3778.40 per month.<\/p>\n
Here is the full list of 46 mental health or psychiatric disorders being claimed for as of January 2026 – the latest data available – and the number of people claiming PIP for each one. There are 1,523,811 claimants in total.<\/p>\n
\n- Dyslexia:<\/strong> 4,298<\/li>\n
- Dyspraxia:<\/strong> 3,972<\/li>\n
- Specific learning disorder – other \/ type not known:<\/strong> 24,715<\/li>\n
- Speech or language disorder:<\/strong> 4,014<\/li>\n
- Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD):<\/strong> 64,843<\/li>\n
- Stress reaction disorders – Other \/ type not known:<\/strong> 1,101<\/li>\n
- Agoraphobia:<\/strong> 7,117<\/li>\n
- Anxiety disorders – Other \/ type not known:<\/strong> 37,691<\/li>\n
- Generalised anxiety disorder:<\/strong> 14,681<\/li>\n
- Panic disorder:<\/strong> 3,629<\/li>\n
- Phobia – Social:<\/strong> 3,359<\/li>\n
- Phobia – Specific:<\/strong> 370<\/li>\n
- Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD):<\/strong> 11,929<\/li>\n
- Anxiety and depressive disorders – mixed:<\/strong> 428,084<\/li>\n
- Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD):<\/strong> 591<\/li>\n
- Conversion disorder (hysteria):<\/strong> 286<\/li>\n
- Dissociative disorders – Other \/ type not known:<\/strong> 985<\/li>\n
- Somatoform disorders – Other \/ type not known:<\/strong> 130<\/li>\n
- Bipolar affective disorder (Hypomania \/ Mania):<\/strong> 56,435<\/li>\n
- Depressive disorder:<\/strong> 91,009<\/li>\n
- Mood disorders – Other \/ type not known:<\/strong> 5,303<\/li>\n
- Psychotic disorders – Other \/ type not known:<\/strong> 33,953<\/li>\n
- Schizoaffective disorder:<\/strong> 13,937<\/li>\n
- Schizophrenia:<\/strong> 82,571<\/li>\n
- Cognitive disorder due to stroke:<\/strong> 4,503<\/li>\n
- Cognitive disorders – Other \/ type not known:<\/strong> 7,717<\/li>\n
- Dementia:<\/strong> 14,690<\/li>\n
- Anorexia nervosa:<\/strong> 5,174<\/li>\n
- Bulimia nervosa:<\/strong> 802<\/li>\n
- Eating disorders not otherwise specified (EDNOS):<\/strong> 2,230<\/li>\n
- Alcohol misuse:<\/strong> 12,990<\/li>\n
- Drug misuse:<\/strong> 4,691<\/li>\n
- Factitious disorders – Other \/ type not known:<\/strong> 23<\/li>\n
- Munchausen syndrome:<\/strong> 11<\/li>\n
- Down’s syndrome:<\/strong> 21,547<\/li>\n
- Fragile X syndrome:<\/strong> 2,320<\/li>\n
- Learning disability – Other \/ type not known:<\/strong> 148,804<\/li>\n
- Asperger syndrome:<\/strong> 30,471<\/li>\n
- Autism:<\/strong> 217,612<\/li>\n
- Retts disorder:<\/strong> 456<\/li>\n
- ADHD \/ ADD:<\/strong> 94,753<\/li>\n
- Conduct disorder (including oppositional defiant disorder):<\/strong> 1,236<\/li>\n
- Bedwetting (enuresis):<\/strong> 46<\/li>\n
- Faecal soiling (encopresis):<\/strong> 63<\/li>\n
- Psychiatric disorders of childhood – Other \/ type not known:<\/strong> 947<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
To begin a claim, call the DWP at 0800 917 2222. This contact date is essential for backdating claims should they be successful.<\/p>\n
Applicants will receive the “PIP2” form, titled: ‘How your disability affects you’. Further information and the full application details are available on the official Gov.uk website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are all of the conditions that make you eligible for the monthly payment There are 47 mental…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":933907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4317],"tags":[345,1267,105,218,350,16,15],"class_list":["post-933906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-benefits","tag-dwp","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-pip","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116507715920556522","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=933906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/933907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=933906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=933906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=933906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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