The Short Answer
An existing PIP award continues past State Pension age, including the mobility component. Reaching State Pension age does not end an award, convert it, or trigger a review. What it changes is your ability to start a new claim: above that age Attendance Allowance is the usual route, and it has no mobility component. An award allowed to expire may therefore not be replaceable.
What Changes and What Does Not
The table below sets out the position, with each figure taken from the source named beneath it.
| Below State Pension age | At or above it | |
|---|---|---|
| An award already in payment | Continues | Continues, including mobility |
| Reviews | Normal cycle | Normal cycle |
| A new claim | Available | Only if you had PIP or ADP in the last 12 months |
| The alternative benefit | — | Attendance Allowance, with no mobility component |
Last checked: 7 August 2026
GOV.UK states the rule for new claims directly: you "usually need to be under State Pension age to make a new PIP claim".
Why the Mobility Component Is the Stake
Attendance Allowance has no equivalent to it. PIP mobility pays £30.30 a week at the standard rate and £80.00 at the enhanced rate in 2026/27, and the enhanced rate is the qualifying award for the Motability Scheme.
Last checked: 6 August 2026
Losing a PIP award above State Pension age therefore costs more than the weekly figure. The Scheme requires a qualifying mobility allowance with at least 12 months left to run, and Attendance Allowance does not open it.
Reviews Still Happen
Age does not exempt an award from review. A first PIP award runs for between 9 months and 10 years depending on whether the needs are likely to change, and the review form is returned within 1 month of its date.
Payments continue while a review is decided. A review that reduces an award can be challenged in the usual way: 1 month for a mandatory reconsideration, and 27% of reconsiderations cleared in the quarter ending January 2026 changed the award.
Last checked: 7 August 2026
The Expiry Trap
An award that ends above State Pension age may not be replaceable with PIP. Where a fixed-term award expires and no review was started, the position is a new claim rather than a continuation.
GOV.UK provides one exception: "You can make a new claim for PIP if you got PIP or Adult Disability Payment (ADP) in the last 12 months." Where the gap is under a year, the PIP route is worth checking before assuming Attendance Allowance is the only option.
What to Do Before the Boundary
Act on the review letter, and check the award end date now. The end date is printed on the decision letter, and knowing it is what makes the 12-month exception usable rather than academic.
Where a review is due close to State Pension age, returning the form on time is worth more in this group than in any other, because the fallback benefit is a different one.
Where This Sits
Reviews are what decide whether an award survives to and past this boundary. How they are started, what the forms ask and what happens to payments during one is on award reviews explained.