The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that 178 health conditions can qualify for Personal Independence Payment (PIP), with claims reaching a record high of 4.09 million as of July 31, 2026. Birmingham claimants may receive between £76.70 and £114.60 per month for daily living help and between £30.30 and £80 per month for mobility support, depending on how their condition affects them.
PIP is paid monthly to people over 16 and under State Pension age who have a long-term physical or mental health condition or disability and need extra help with everyday tasks or getting around. Claimants can receive the benefit even if they are working, have savings, or receive most other benefits, provided their difficulties are expected to last at least 12 months from when they started.
How PIP payments are calculated
PIP is split into two components. The daily living part covers help with tasks such as preparing food, washing and bathing, managing medications, and dressing or undressing. The mobility part supports claimants who need help getting around, including planning and following a route, moving around physically, and leaving their home.
Each component has a lower and higher rate. The daily living part pays £76.70 at the lower rate and £114.60 at the higher rate. The mobility part pays £30.30 at the lower rate and £80 at the higher rate. Claimants may receive one or both parts depending on their individual circumstances.
Having a particular diagnosis does not automatically qualify someone for PIP. The DWP assesses how a condition affects daily living and mobility tasks, considering whether the claimant can do each task safely, how long it takes, and whether they need help from another person or extra equipment. Claimants must experience difficulty with tasks more than half of the days over a 12-month period.
Most common conditions among PIP claimants
DWP figures from July 2026 show the most frequently recorded conditions among PIP claimants. Psychiatric disorders account for 39% of claims, musculoskeletal disease (general) for 19%, neurological disease for 13%, musculoskeletal disease (regional) for 12%, and respiratory disease for 4%.
The full list of 178 qualifying conditions published by the DWP includes a wide range of illnesses and disabilities across multiple categories, from blood disorders and cancers to mental health conditions and musculoskeletal problems.
Blood, infectious, and cancerous conditions
The list covers anaemia, haemolytic disorders, metabolic red cell disorders, clotting disorders, platelet disorders, and blood disorders. It includes viral diseases, bacterial diseases, protozoal diseases, and other infectious diseases. Cancer conditions span the gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tract, genitourinary tract, haematological system, skin, brain and spinal cord, bone, breast, adrenal gland, and other sarcomas, plus unknown primary cancers.
Metabolic and psychiatric conditions
Metabolic conditions on the list include hyperlipidaemia, inborn errors of metabolism, amyloidosis, porphyria, obesity, and other metabolic diseases. Psychiatric disorders include personality disorder, specific learning disorder, stress reactions, anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, mixed anxiety and depressive disorders, somatoform and dissociative disorders, mood disorders, psychotic disorders, cognitive disorders, eating disorders, substance misuse disorders, factitious disorder, and learning disability global.
Developmental and childhood conditions include autistic spectrum disorders, hyperkinetic disorder, conduct disorder (including oppositional defiant disorder), enuresis, faecal soiling (encopresis), and other psychiatric disorders of childhood.
Neurological, sensory, and cardiovascular conditions
Neurological conditions cover cerebrovascular disease, epilepsy, non-epileptic disturbance of consciousness, movement disorders, multiple sclerosis, benign tumours, hydrocephalus, headache, head injury, spinal cord compression, degenerative neuronal diseases, cerebral palsy, spina bifida, ataxia, neuropathy, peripheral nerve injury, disease of muscle, muscular dystrophy, infections, and other neurological disorders.
Eye conditions include diseases of the conjunctiva, cornea, eyelids and lacrimal apparatus, uveitis, glaucoma, injuries to vision, vitreous disease, diseases of the retina and optic nerve, cataract, refractive errors, disorders of eye movement, visual field defects, and other diseases affecting vision. Hearing conditions include conductive, sensorineural, and mixed hearing loss, plus other diseases affecting hearing and balance.
Cardiovascular conditions listed are aneurysm, cardiac arrhythmias, cardiac failure, cardiomyopathy, congenital heart disease, heart transplantation, hypertension, ischaemic heart disease (coronary artery disease), pericarditis, valve disease, peripheral arterial disease, peripheral venous disease, and other cardiovascular disease.
Digestive, skin, musculoskeletal, and other conditions
Digestive conditions include diseases of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum, small bowel, inflammatory bowel disease, diseases of the colon, rectum and anus, irritable bowel syndrome, benign tumours of the gastrointestinal tract, abdominal hernias, congenital disorders of the GI tract, and other gastrointestinal diseases. Liver conditions cover chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, liver failure, and liver transplantation, plus diseases of the gallbladder, biliary tract, and pancreas.
Skin conditions include papulosquamous and inflammatory rashes, bullous disease, diseases of blood vessels and lymphatics, diseases of collagen and elastic tissue, burns, and other skin disease. Musculoskeletal conditions include osteoarthritis, chronic pain syndromes, inflammatory arthritis, crystal deposition disorders, osteonecrosis and osteochondritis, metabolic and endocrine disorders, genetic disorders, benign tumours of bone, fracture complications, and other generalised musculoskeletal disease. Regional conditions cover shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand, neck, non-specific back pain, specific back pain, hip, knee, ankle and foot disorders, amputations, injuries, fractures and dislocations, and other regional musculoskeletal disease.
Autoimmune conditions include systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), antiphospholipid syndrome, systemic sclerosis (scleroderma), Sjogren’s syndrome, vasculitis, and other autoimmune disease. Genitourinary conditions include urinary incontinence, kidney disease, renal failure, diseases of the bladder, urethra, prostate, testes and penis, diseases of the ovary, uterus, cervix, vagina and vulva, and other genitourinary disease. Endocrine conditions cover hypothalamic and pituitary disease, pancreatic disease, thyroid disease, adrenal disease, parathyroid disease, and other endocrine diseases.
Respiratory conditions include diseases of the upper respiratory tract, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (chronic bronchitis or emphysema), bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis, asthma, pulmonary fibrosis, pneumoconiosis, granulomatous lung disease and pulmonary infiltration, disease of the pleura, lung transplantation, heart and lung transplantation, pulmonary embolus, infectious diseases of the respiratory tract, and other diseases of the lower respiratory tract. The list also includes multisystem conditions, extremes of age, hypersensitivity diseases, other diseases of the immune system, and unknown or missing conditions.
Birmingham claimants who believe they qualify for PIP based on this list can apply to the DWP, which will assess how their condition affects their daily living and mobility tasks over a 12-month period before determining the payment rate.
