AA v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (PIP): [2018] UKUT 339 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Hemingway on 12 October 2018.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
• Published: 9 November 2018

• Categories: Personal independence payment – daily living activities
• Sub-categories: Personal independence payment – mobility activities - Mobility activity 1: planning and following journeys
• Judges: Hemingway, M
• Decision date: 12 October 2018

Read the full decision in CPIP/703/2018.

Judicial Summary

Does the “person” in mobility descriptor 1d and 1f have to be playing an active role in preventing overwhelming psychological distress from occurring when a claimant is attempting to follow the route of a journey or is mere passive presence sufficient?

Published 9 November 2018