The 536 health issues that could entitle you to up to £187

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has unveiled the latest statistics, showing that 3.7 million people across Great Britain are now receiving extra financial support through the Personal Independence Payment (PIP).

In the fiscal year of 2025/26, PIP will provide weekly assistance ranging from £29.20 to £187.45, translating to £116.80 or £749.80 every four-week pay period. Both disability benefits aim to help with the additional costs associated with living with a disability, long-term illness, or physical or mental health condition.

However, it's not useful to enumerate all 536 conditions noted by the DWP during the PIP application process. This is because an award for the disability benefit is determined by how a person's health condition affects their ability to perform daily living tasks such as cooking, washing, eating, dressing, and interacting with others in a safe and timely manner.

Awards are also available to assist those who have difficulty moving around, reports . Every claim for PIP is unique to each applicant, which could potentially aid those considering making a new claim.

Five most commonly recorded PIP health conditions

These are the primary disabling conditions recorded by the DWP as of the end of January 2025.

• Psychiatric disorders: Affecting 1,406,044 claimants (37%), this category includes mixed anxiety, stress, depressive and mood disorders, OCD, and cognitive disorders.
• Musculoskeletal disease (general): Affecting 691,426 claimants (20%), this category includes muscle or joint pain and arthritic conditions.
• Neurological disease: Affecting 470,380 claimants (13%), this category includes muscular dystrophy, epilepsy, headache, multiple sclerosis, neuropathy, and other movement disorders.
• Musculoskeletal disease (regional): Affecting 434,670 claimants (12%), this category includes neck, back, shoulders, elbow, wrists, hands, hip, knee, and ankle pain.
• Respiratory disease : Affecting 138,534 claimants (4%), this category includes asthma, diseases of the upper respiratory tract, pulmonary fibrosis, and cystic fibrosis.

This includes asthma, diseases of the upper respiratory tract, pulmonary fibrosis and cystic fibrosis.

Disabling conditions recorded by DWP

These are the primary disability categories, the overarching term under which more than 530 other conditions fall. This list is merely a summary of conditions, disorders and diseases as categorised by the DWP for disability claims.

• Gastrointestinal disease
• Hearing disorders
• Genitourinary disease
• Unknown or missing category
• Neurological disease
• Metabolic disease
• Malignant disease
• Multisystem and extremes of age
• Musculoskeletal disease (general)
• Endocrine disease
• Skin disease
• Visual disease
• Cardiovascular disease
• Haematological Disease
• Psychiatric disorders
• Respiratory disease
• Musculoskeletal disease (regional)
• Diseases of the liver, gallbladder, biliary tract
• Autoimmune disease (connective tissue disorders)
• Diseases of the immune system
• Infectious disease

Who might qualify for PIP?

To be eligible for PIP, you must have a health condition or disability where you have had difficulties with daily living or getting around (or both) for three months and expect these difficulties to continue for at least nine months. You typically need to have resided in the UK for at least two of the past three years and be in the country when you apply.

In addition to what we've outlined above, if your condition requires or necessitates help with any of the following, you should consider applying for PIP.

It will assess how challenging you find daily living and mobility tasks. For each task, they will examine:.

• whether you can do it safely
• how long it takes you
• how often your condition affects this activity
• whether you need help to do it, from a person or using extra equipment