Inclusion London responds to the consultation on PIP aids and appliances

Inclusion London responded to the government consultation on aids and appliances and the daily living component of Personal Independence Payment (PIP).

The government’s proposals aim to change the eligibility and access to PIP regarding aids and appliances.

Inclusion London fundamentally disagrees with all the proposals to change access to aids and appliances under PIP for the following reasons:

• The evidence on which the policy is based is scant and contradicts the PIP guidance.
• The PIP assessment itself is flawed because it is to narrow and rigid and fails to accurately assess the impact of Disabled people’s impairments.
• Assessors are not accurately assessing Disabled people under the current criteria as the  50% success at tribunal indicates.
• Many Disabled people are already living in poverty on a restricted income.  The loss of aids and appliance will leave Disabled people in a position of being unable to complete necessary activities.
• The loss of other passported benefits will hit many Disabled people who are struggling to cover basic food, fuel and rental bills.

We strongly recommend that the government’s proposals concerning aids and appliances and the daily living component of PIP are dropped and not implemented.

Download the full consultation response below.

Inclusion London response PIP Aids & Appliances Daily Living Consultation