Personal Independence Payment

Passporting arrangements for Blue Badge Scheme

Blue Badge Scheme

Objectives

Introduce Regulations (from 8 April 2013) which provide passport from Personal Independence Payment to the Blue Badge Scheme

To maintain wherever possible, equivalence between the arrangements for Higher Rate Mobility Component of DLA.

Blue Badge Scheme – Criteria

Passporting arrangements will apply to those people who receive the Mobility Component of PIP:

awarded at 12 points (enhanced rate) for "planning and followingjourneys" which includes those who cannot follow the route of a familiarjourney without another person, assistance dog, or orientation aid. OR

those persons who receive the Mobility Component of PIP for "movingaround" at 8 points (standard rate) or more.

Transitional ArrangementsAllow those who are in receipt of HRMCDLA and subsequently not awarded PIP, to retain their badge until its expiry date.

Mobility Activities1. Planning and following journeys

Points

A I’ve decided you can plan and follow a route of a journey unaided.

0

B I’ve decided you need prompting from another person to undertake a journey to avoid causing you significant mental distress.

4

C I’ve decided you can’t plan the route of a journey. 8

D I’ve decided you need another person, an assistance dog or an orientation aid to follow the route of an unfamiliar journey.

10

E I’ve decided you can’t undertake any journey because it would cause you significant mental distress.

10

F I’ve decided you can’t follow the route of a familiar journey without another person, an assistance dog or an orientation aid.

12

Determining Blue Badge eligibility using Personal Independence Payment (PIP) award notifications

Not eligible

Elig

ible

Mobility Activities2. Moving around

Points

A I’ve decided you can stand and then move more than 200 metres.

0

B I’ve decided you can stand and then move more than 50 metres but no more than 200 metres.

4

C I’ve decided you can stand and then move unaided more than 20 metres but no more than 50 metres.

8

D I’ve decided you can stand and then move using an aid or appliance more than 20 metres but no more than 50 metres.

10

E I’ve decided you can stand and then move more than 1 metre but no more than 20 metres.

12

F I’ve decided you cannot stand or move more than 1 metre. 12

Determining Blue Badge eligibility using Personal Independence Payment (PIP) award notifications (continued)

Not eligible

Elig

ible

Blue Badge Scheme –Impact

100,000 currently on HRMCDLA in Scotland will be reassessed for PIP.60% (60,000) in receipt of HRMCDLA take up entitlement to a Blue Badge. Of those:43% may have an unchanged or increased

award from DWP and retain passport to Blue Badge.

29% may receive a decreased award. 27% may not receive a PIP award

Blue Badge Scheme

Where there is no entitlement to PIP:• people can apply to local authorities through

the Blue Badge subject to further assessment eligibility criteria which has similar mobility descriptors to passporting benefits.

• those who had previously received a Blue Badge through passporting will be able to retain the Blue Badge until its expiry date.

• those who no longer qualify for a Blue Badge at all may be entitled to concessionary fares.

National Concessionary Travel Scheme

22 April 2013

National Concessionary Travel Scheme

• Scheme has been in place since 2006• Recently secured through to March

2015• Successful – over 1.25 million users• 189,000 of these hold cards through

disability criteria

Benefits of NCTS

• Social – people can get out and about• Health – people are often more active• Financial – average value for

cardholder is £250 each year• Available for use on buses

– Plus – for island residents – 2 return journeys per year to the mainland by ferry

Welfare Reform

• Disability Living Allowance being phased out

• Personal Independence Payments starting April 2013

• Affects people between 16 and 64• New regulations allow those awarded

PIP to be eligible for NCTS

Passport to NCTS

• DLA-based–Higher rate mobility component–Higher or middle rate care

component • PIP-based

–Standard or enhanced rate

Passport to NCTS

PIPDaily Living Mobility

DLACare Mobility

Passport to Companion Card

• DLA-based–Higher or middle rate care

component • PIP-based

–Standard or enhanced rate of daily living component

Passport to Companion Card

DLACare Mobility

PIPDaily Living Mobility

Eligibility for NCTS

Estimated eligibility (approx)

Through PIPIncrease

(compared with DLA)

NCTS 174,000 3,000

Companion Card 133,000 9,000

Application for NCTS

• As now, through Local Authorities• Front line staff have information on PIP

eligibility• Anyone not receiving PIP may still be able to

apply under existing criteria• If no PIP awarded, the card may be used until

it expires

Alternative criteriaContinuing as now ...• Aged 60 or over• Attendance Allowance• Blue Badge• Registered Blind / registered partially sighted• Profoundly or severely deaf• Having lost a limb / limbs• Have been or would be refused a driving licence• Have mental health issues – covers mental illness,

learning disability and personality disorder• ...

Monitoring Impact• Overall, over 20% fewer people will

receive PIP than receive DLA• But slightly more people will be eligible

for NCTS through PIP than through DLA• Phasing in

June 2013 October 2013 October 2015

New applications

Existing DLA claimants when changes reported

Reassessment of existing DLA claimants

Contact us

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