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Chapter 3 – Consultation questions
Q18. PIP provides a contribution towards extra costs. Which extra costs incurred by disabled people are the most important for a new scheme to address? Please rank the following options in your order of importance:
Equipment and aids
Medications and medical products
Personal assistance (costs arising from hired physical and/or emotional support within and outside the home, eg. help with household tasks or assistance with transportation)
Health and personal care (including physical therapies, talking therapies, massages, etc. Also includes greater spending on personal hygiene or appearance)
Extra transport costs (from reliance on taxis or accessible taxis, hospital parking fees, vehicle adaptations, etc.)
Additional energy and utility costs arising from disability or health condition (including digital access)
Additional food costs arising from disability or health condition
Additional spending on clothing, footwear, and bedding items arising from disability or health condition
Higher costs of insurance
Additional housing costs arising from disability or health condition, including home adaptation costs
Q19. In relation to Question 18, please explain your answer below and tell us about any other important kinds of cost not listed above.
Q20. What are the benefits and disadvantages of moving to a new system for PIP claimants?
A catalogue/ shop scheme
Benefits
Disadvantages
Other
Please explain your answer and provide evidence or your opinion to support further development of our approach.
Q21. What are the benefits and disadvantages of moving to a new system for PIP claimants?
A voucher scheme
Benefits
Disadvantages
Other
Please explain your answer and provide evidence or your opinion to support further development of our approach.
Q22. What are the benefits and disadvantages of moving to a new system for PIP claimants?
A receipt-based system
Benefits
Disadvantages
Other
Please explain your answer and provide evidence or your opinion to support further development of our approach.
Q23. What are the benefits and disadvantages of moving to a new system for PIP claimants?
One-off grants
Benefits
Disadvantages
Other
Please explain your answer and provide evidence or your opinion to support further development of our approach.
Q24. If PIP could no longer be used to determine eligibility to passport to other benefits and services, what alternative ways could service providers use to determine disability status?
Q25. If PIP could no longer be used as the eligibility criteria to additional financial support in Universal Credit, what alternative ways of determining eligibility should we use?
Q26. Are there specific groups of people whose needs are not being met by the current PIP provision and have a need for a greater level of support? What form should this support take (eg. help with specific extra costs, access to improved healthcare such as mental health provision or enhanced local authority support such as care packages and respite)?
Q27. Instead of cash payment, are there some people who would benefit more from improved access to support or treatment (for example, respite care, mental health provision or physiotherapy)?
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/modernising-support-for-independent-living-the-health-and-disability-green-paper/modernising-support-for-independent-living-the-health-and-disability-green-paper