The Short Answer
PIP rates change each April, and the change is applied automatically to awards in payment. Nothing is claimed and nothing is reported. Uprating alters only the amount each rate pays: the descriptors, the 8 and 12-point thresholds and the award itself are unchanged. Figures for the following April are announced each autumn, so no future rate can be stated before then.
What the Rates Have Done
The table below sets out the position, with each figure taken from the source named beneath it.
| Benefit year | Daily living standard | Daily living enhanced | Mobility standard | Mobility enhanced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | £61.85 | £92.40 | £24.45 | £64.50 |
| 2023/24 | £68.10 | £101.75 | £26.90 | £71.00 |
| 2024/25 | £72.65 | £108.55 | £28.70 | £75.75 |
| 2025/26 | £73.90 | £110.40 | £29.20 | £77.05 |
| 2026/27 | £76.70 | £114.60 | £30.30 | £80.00 |
Last checked: 6 August 2026
Every figure is a published rate taken from the GOV.UK benefit and pension rates papers. They are the same figures the back pay calculator uses to price a backdated period.
Why the History Is Practical
Arrears are paid at the rate in force at the time. A backdated award spanning several years is calculated in segments, one per benefit year.
The gap compounds over a long window. A year of enhanced daily living at the 2022/23 rate of £92.40 a week is £4,804.80; the same year priced at the 2026/27 rate of £114.60 would come to £5,959.20, an overstatement of £1,154.40 on one component alone.
Last checked: 6 August 2026
That is why an award letter covering a long window shows several lines rather than one, and why large old arrears take longer to compute than recent ones. To compare two specific years for your own award, use the PIP Uprating Calculator.
What Uprating Does Not Do
It does not change the assessment. The twelve activities, the descriptors, and the 8 and 12-point thresholds are set by the PIP Regulations and are unaffected by an uprating.
It does not trigger a review, and it does not require anything to be reported. An award in payment simply pays the new amount from the effective date.
Why No Future Figure Appears Here
Because it has not been published. Uprating is announced each autumn for the following April, and until the announcement there is no rate to state.
The rates in the table took effect in April 2026 and stand until April 2027. Putting an estimate on this page would place a number in front of someone making a decision about money. Where the next figures are published, this page is updated with them and the stamp beneath the table changes.
Keeping Up
Two things can move PIP amounts, and only one of them has happened. Uprating changed all four rates in April 2026. The Timms Review of PIP, led by Sir Stephen Timms MP, published an interim report on 9 July 2026 that made no recommendations, and its final report is due in autumn 2026.
Last checked: 7 August 2026
Changes that are actually in force, separated from proposals, are tracked on PIP News and Changes. The current rates for both components, with the points needed for each, are on check pip rates.