TK v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (PIP): [2020] UKUT 22 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Markus on 17 January 2020.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
• Published: 3 March 2020

• Categories: Personal independence payment – daily living activities
• Sub-categories: Personal independence payment – daily living activities - Activity 2: taking nutrition, Personal independence payment – daily living activities - Activity 3: managing therapy or monitoring a health condition
• Judges: Markus, K
• Decision date: 17 January 2020

Read the full decision in CPIP/455/2017.

Judicial Summary

1. Activity 3 can apply where a person needs asistance because of the nature of the tasks involved in therapy rather than because of a physical or mental impairment in performing the tasks. Consideration of the meaning and application of ““limited by a person’s physical or mental condition”” in section 78 Welfare Reform Act 2012.

2. Activity 2 can apply where, due to lack of appetite, a person needs prompting to eat a sufficient quantity of food.

Decision selected for reporting as [2020] AACR 18

Published 3 March 2020