SE v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: [2021] UKUT 1 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision of Judge Ward on 5 January 2021

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
• Published: 27 January 2021

• Categories: Personal independence payment – daily living activities
• Sub-categories: Personal independence payment – daily living activities - Activity 8: reading and understanding signs, symbols and words, Personal independence payment – daily living activities - Activity 10: making budgeting decisions
• Judges: Ward, C
• Decision date: 5 January 2020

Read the full decision in CPIP/1653/2019.

Judicial Summary

The decision examines the definition of “basic written information” in the context of the various descriptors governing activity 8, including what is meant by “signs”, the relevance of “dates” and their respective interaction with “words” in descriptor 8(e); what is meant by “standard size text”; and the relationship between descriptors 8(d) and (e). As regards activity 10, it examines the defintions of “simple budgeting decision” and “complex budgeting decision”, noting that the requirements within each definition are cumulative; and that each definition requires the capacity for a “decision” to be considered. It also examines the relationship between descriptors 10(c) and 10(d).

Decision selected for reporting as [2021] AACR 5

Published 27 January 2021