Personal independence payment: tools and templates

Our personal independence payment (PIP) tools and templates help you to identify the correct rate of PIP for your client and help you draft letters and appeal submissions to challenge unfavourable decisions.

Challenging decisions on points awarded

Mandatory reconsideration request

Use this tool to write a mandatory reconsideration request, either from your organisation, your client or to attach to the mandatory reconsideration form CRMR1 form:

Personal independence payment: mandatory reconsideration letter

Appeal submission

Use this tool to prepare an appeal submission either from your client or from your organisation on your client's behalf:

Personal independence payment: prepare an appeal submission

Judicial review pre-action protocol template letters

LEAP exercise

If you are an adviser, see our judicial review (JR) pre-action protocol template letters:

Judicial review pre-action template letters: PIP - MH v SSWP Leap exercise

For copies of the JR template letters, advice about whether JR is the appropriate route, and for help with adapting the templates, contact our Judicial Review Project ([email protected]).

Terminal illness

If you are an adviser, see our judicial review (JR) pre-action protocol template letters:

Judicial review pre-action template letters: PIP - terminal illness

For copies of the JR template letters, advice about whether JR is the appropriate route, and for help with adapting the templates, contact our Judicial Review Project ([email protected]).

Refusal to assess on paperwork rather than face-to-face

If you are an adviser, see our judicial review (JR) pre-action protocol template letters:

Judicial review pre-action template letters: PIP - health assessment

For copies of the JR template letters, advice about whether JR is the appropriate route, and for help with adapting the templates, contact our Judicial Review Project ([email protected]).

Residence conditions

If you are an adviser, see our judicial review (JR) pre-action protocol template letters:

Judicial review pre-action template letters: PIP - residence conditions

For copies of the JR template letters, advice about whether JR is the appropriate route, and for help with adapting the templates, contact our Judicial Review Project ([email protected]).

Delay in decision-making

If you are an adviser, see our judicial review (JR) pre-action protocol template letters:

Judicial review pre-action template letters: PIP - delay in decision making

For copies of the JR template letters, advice about whether JR is the appropriate route, and for help with adapting the templates, contact our Judicial Review Project ([email protected]).

Refusal to accept or process a PIP claim

If you are an adviser, see our judicial review (JR) pre-action protocol template letters:

Judicial review pre-action template letters: PIP - refusal to accept or process claims

For copies of the JR template letters, advice about whether JR is the appropriate route, and for help with adapting the templates, contact our Judicial Review Project ([email protected]).