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Further updates to PIP Checker.
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These changes were made as per the update suggested in this document.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KbYzCS0Weq0t_YQpmuVebkSPP0AgObq6ZqT5RSw3p2Q/edit
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$!You can make a claim for [Personal Independence Payment (PIP)](/pip).$!
$!You can claim [Personal Independence Payment (PIP)](/pip).$!

You can no longer make a claim for Disability Living Allowance (DLA) because PIP is replacing DLA for people aged 16 to 64.
PIP is replacing Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for people aged 16 to 64.

*[PIP]: Personal Independence Payment
*[DLA]: Disability Living Allowance
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$!You aren’t affected by Personal Independence Payment (PIP) because you’re aged 65 or over.$!
If you’ve received Disability Living Allowance (DLA) within the past year, you can:

To qualify for PIP you must be aged 16 to 64.
* make a [new claim for DLA](/dla-disability- living-allowance-benefit/eligibility) if you were born on or before 8 April 1948

Instead of PIP, you can make a claim for [Attendance Allowance](/attendance-allowance).
* [claim Personal Independence Payment (PIP)](/pip) if you were born after 8 April 1948

If you haven’t received DLA within the past year, you can claim [Attendance Allowance](/attendance-allowance) instead.

*[PIP]: Personal Independence Payment
*[DLA]: Disability Living Allowance
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$!You aren’t affected by Personal Independence Payment (PIP).$!
$!You can’t claim Personal Independence Payment (PIP) because you were aged 65 or over on 8 April 2013 when PIP was introduced.$!

Because you were aged 65 or over on 8 April 2013 when PIP was introduced, you can continue to get [Disability Living Allowance](/dla-disability-living-allowance-benefit) for as long as you're eligible.
You can continue to get [Disability Living Allowance (DLA)](/dla-disability-living-allowance-benefit) for as long as you’re eligible.

*[DLA]: Disability Living Allowance
*[PIP]: Personal Independence Payment
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$!Some people in England, Scotland and Wales have already been invited to claim Personal Independence Payment (PIP).$!

If you're still getting Disability Living Allowance (DLA), when you'll be invited to claim PIP depends on when your DLA ends.
When you’ll be invited to claim Personal Independence Payment (PIP) depends on when your [Disability Living Allowance (DLA)](/dla-disability- living-allowance- benefit) ends. You’ll also be invited to claim PIP if your needs change before your DLA ends.

You must tell the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) if your care or mobility needs change while you are still getting DLA. You’ll be invited to claim PIP if this happens.
## Your DLA ends before September 2017

###Your DLA ends before September 2017
You’ll be told 20 weeks before your DLA ends and invited to claim PIP.

You'll be told 20 weeks before your DLA ends and invited to claim PIP in most areas.
Contact the [Disability Benefits helpline](/disability-benefits- helpline) if your DLA payment is due to end in the next 4 weeks and you haven’t received a letter about making a new claim.

^Contact the [Disability Benefits helpline](/disability-benefits-helpline) if your DLA payment is due to end in less than 4 weeks and you haven’t received a letter about making a new claim. Your payment may stop if you don’t.^
^Your payment may stop if you don’t contact the helpline.^

###Your DLA ends after September 2017 or your DLA award has no end date
##Your DLA ends after September 2017 or your DLA award has no end date

You can be contacted any time after 13 July 2015 to claim PIP. This includes if you have a long-term award of DLA or an indefinite award with no end date.
You can be contacted any time to claim PIP. This includes if you have a long-term award of DLA or an indefinite award with no end date.

Not everyone will be contacted to claim PIP right away. You'll continue to get DLA until DWP writes to you about when it will end.
Not everyone will be contacted to claim PIP right away. Youll continue to get DLA until Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) writes to you about when it will end.

##If your needs change

You must let DWP know if your [care or mobility needs change](/dla-disability- living-allowance-benefit/eligibility). You’ll be invited to claim PIP.

*[DLA]: Disability Living Allowance
*[DWP]: Department for Work and Pensions
*[PIP]: Personal Independence Payment
*[DWP]: Department for Work and Pensions
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$! You can’t currently claim Personal Independence Payment (PIP) because you’re under 16.$!

$!Some people in England, Scotland and Wales have already been invited to claim Personal Independence Payment (PIP).$!
If you’re still getting DLA at 16 you’ll be sent a letter inviting you to apply for PIP:

You’ll get a letter inviting you to apply for PIP. You must claim PIP within 28 days of the date on the letter, which will either be sent:
* shortly after your 16th birthday

+ shortly after your 16th birthday
+ about 20 weeks before your DLA award ends, if you were awarded DLA under the rules for people who are terminally ill
* about 20 weeks before your [Disability Living Allowance (DLA)](/disability-living- allowance-children) award ends, if you were awarded DLA under the rules for people who are terminally ill

You’ll continue to receive DLA during this 28-day period and while your PIP claim is being assessed.
You must claim PIP within 28 days of the date on the letter.

##If your needs change

You must let the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) know if your [care or mobility needs change](/disability-living-allowance-children/eligibility) before you turn 16. Call the Disability Living Allowance helpline.

You’ll be reassessed for DLA and won’t automatically be invited to claim PIP when you turn 16. DWP will write to tell you when you can claim PIP.
You’ll continue to receive DLA until your PIP claim has been assessed.

##If your needs change

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**Disability Living Allowance**
Telephone: 0345 712 3456
Textphone: 0345 722 4433
Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm
[Find out about call charges](/call-charges)
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You must let Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) know if your [care or mobility needs change](/disability-living-allowance-children/eligibility). You’ll be reassessed for DLA and won’t automatically be invited to claim PIP when you turn 16.

*[DLA]: Disability Living Allowance
*[PIP]: Personal Independence Payment
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$!You aren't affected by Personal Independence Payment (PIP) because you’re under 16.$!

To qualify for PIP you must be 16 or over.

Instead of PIP, you can make a claim for [Disability Living Allowance](/disability-living-allowance-children) until you turn 16.
You can claim [Disability Living Allowance (DLA)](/disability-living-allowance-children) instead, until you turn 16.

*[PIP]: Personal Independence Payment
*[DLA]: Disability Living Allowance
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