DWP Confirms 70 Health Conditions Eligible for Up to £778.40 Monthly Payment

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published figures showing the scale of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims linked to neurological conditions. People who meet the assessment criteria could receive as much as £778.40 every four weeks.

Neurological Conditions Account for 9% of PIP Assessments

Neurological disease is one of the five largest disabling-condition categories recorded by the DWP. Over the five years to April 2026, neurological conditions accounted for 9% of PIP assessments.

According to the latest figures, new PIP claims recorded under neurological disease had an assessment award rate of 56%. For people being reassessed from Disability Living Allowance (DLA), the corresponding rate was 8%.

However, having a condition included in the DWP’s neurological category does not automatically qualify someone for PIP.

Eligibility is determined by how a health condition affects a person’s ability to complete everyday activities and move around.

Where an applicant has several medical conditions, the DWP can consider all of them during the assessment. However, only the main disabling condition is recorded in official statistics.

Four Million People Entitled to PIP

At the end of April 2026, approximately four million people in England and Wales were entitled to PIP.

Of these claimants, 37% were receiving the highest level of PIP award.

The DWP’s database contains 536 individual disabling conditions, organised into 178 sub-groups and 21 broader categories. A DWP-derived breakdown identifies around 70 conditions and sub-categories within the neurological group.

These conditions can affect the brain, spinal cord, nerves or muscles.

How Much PIP Could You Receive?

PIP consists of two separate parts:

• Daily living component
• Mobility component

For the 2026/27 financial year, the weekly rates are:

Daily Living

• Standard rate: £76.70
• Enhanced rate: £114.60

Mobility

• Standard rate: £30.30
• Enhanced rate: £80.00

Someone receiving the enhanced rate for both components would get £194.60 per week, which is equivalent to £778.40 every four weeks.

Over a full year, this would amount to approximately £10,119.20.

PIP is tax-free and eligibility is not affected by a person’s income or savings.

PIP Payments Depend on Individual Needs

The amount awarded depends on the difficulties a claimant experiences rather than the diagnosis itself.

Each PIP component can be awarded at the standard rate, enhanced rate or not awarded at all. The decision is based on the number of points received during the assessment for daily living and mobility activities.

Therefore, two people with the same neurological condition may receive different levels of PIP depending on how significantly their condition affects their everyday lives.

Neurological Claims Can Receive Longer-Term Awards

DWP statistics also indicate that some people with neurological conditions receive ongoing PIP awards.

Among successful new PIP claimants whose primary disabling condition was neurological disease during the five years to April 2026, 13% received ongoing awards.

Among successful DLA reassessment cases in the neurological category, 34% received ongoing PIP awards.

70 Neurological Conditions That Could Qualify for PIP

The neurological category includes conditions ranging from stroke and epilepsy to Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy.

Conditions and sub-categories recorded by the DWP include:

• Cerebrovascular accident (stroke)
• Other cerebrovascular disease
• Transient ischaemic attack (TIA)
• Cataplexy
• Generalised seizures with status epilepticus
• Generalised seizures without status epilepticus
• Narcolepsy
• Partial seizures with status epilepticus
• Partial seizures without status epilepticus
• Unclassified seizures
• Other non-epileptic disturbances of consciousness
• Drop attacks
• Non-epileptic attack disorder (NEAD) / pseudoseizures
• Stokes-Adams attacks
• Other types of syncope
• Blepharospasm
• Benign essential tremor
• Huntington’s disease
• Other movement disorders
• Parkinson’s disease
• Parkinsonism
• Torticollis
• Tourette’s syndrome
• Writer’s cramp
• Multiple sclerosis
• Neurofibromatosis
• Other benign tumours
• Hydrocephalus
• Dizziness where the cause is not specified
• Other headaches where the cause is unknown
• Migraine
• Cognitive and sensorimotor impairment following head injury
• Cognitive impairment following head injury
• Sensorimotor impairment following head injury
• Traumatic paraplegia
• Spinal cord compression from other or unknown causes
• Syringomyelia or syringobulbia
• Traumatic tetraplegia
• Other degenerative neuronal diseases
• Motor neurone disease
• Ataxic cerebral palsy
• Athetoid cerebral palsy
• Diplegic cerebral palsy
• Hemiplegic cerebral palsy
• Quadriplegic cerebral palsy
• Cerebral palsy where the type is not known
• Spina bifida
• Ataxia
• Friedrich’s ataxia
• Other ataxias
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
• Diabetic neuropathy
• Guillain-Barré syndrome
• Other neuropathies
• Brachial plexus injuries
• Other peripheral nerve injuries
• Dermatomyositis
• Dystrophia myotonica
• Other muscle diseases
• Myasthenia gravis
• Polymyositis
• Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
• Becker muscular dystrophy
• Duchenne muscular dystrophy
• Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
• Other muscular dystrophies
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
• Other infections of the nervous system
• Poliomyelitis and post-polio syndrome
• Other prion diseases

Having a Listed Condition Does Not Guarantee PIP

Being diagnosed with one of these neurological conditions should not be interpreted as an automatic entitlement to PIP.

The DWP assesses the practical effect of a person’s condition, including difficulties with everyday tasks and mobility. The final amount depends on the points awarded under the relevant assessment criteria.

People living with neurological conditions may be eligible for PIP if their condition significantly affects their daily living or mobility.

Successful claimants could receive up to £778.40 every four weeks, but entitlement depends on individual circumstances and the impact of the condition rather than the diagnosis alone.