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PIP back pay calculator

PIP is paid from the date you started your claim. Pick the rates you were awarded, or expect, and your claim start date to see roughly how much back pay you could get.

Daily living part

For help with things like preparing food, washing, dressing and managing medicines.

Mobility part

For help with planning and following journeys, and moving around.

This is usually the date you phoned the DWP to start your claim. It is on your award letter.

Leave this as today if you are still waiting. If you already have a decision, use the date your regular payments started.

Private by design. The sums are done on your phone or computer. Nothing leaves your device, and we cannot see your answers.

How PIP back pay works

If you are awarded PIP, it is paid from the date you started your claim, so your first payment may include a back payment. After that, PIP is usually paid every 4 weeks into your bank account.

PIP rates usually go up each April. This calculator uses the rate that applied on each day, so a claim that runs over April is worked out at both the old and new rates.

If you challenge a decision

Many decisions are changed when people challenge them. If your rate changes after a challenge, you can use this calculator again with the new rates. Read how to challenge a PIP decision.

Not sure which rate you could get?

Try our free PIP points self-check. You need 8 points in a part for the standard rate and 12 points for the enhanced rate.

Weekly rates for 2026 to 2027: daily living £76.70 standard, £114.60 enhanced. Mobility £30.30 standard, £80.00 enhanced.