The Short Answer
Dyspraxia scores PIP points through the activities it limits, not through the diagnosis. The assessment turns on coordination and on how long a task takes, since a reasonable time is no more than twice as long. Eight points in a component pays the standard rate and 12 pays the enhanced rate. The calculator above is pre-filtered to the activities whose published guidance names the functions dyspraxia is reported to affect.
How Dyspraxia Scores PIP Points
Each activity below is on the list for a stated reason, and the source is quoted beneath the table. Descriptor letters and point values come verbatim from Schedule 1 of the PIP Regulations 2013, and the 8 and 12-point thresholds come from regulations 5(3) and 6(3).
| Activity | What it assesses | Descriptors typically engaged | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily living 1 — Preparing food | preparing and cooking a simple meal, including chopping and peeling, which turns on dexterity | b, c | 2 |
| Daily living 6 — Dressing and undressing | dressing and undressing, including fastenings and selecting appropriate clothing | b, c, d | 2 |
| Mobility 1 — Planning and following journeys | planning and following journeys, including sequencing a route and coping with changes to it | b, d | 4–10 |
| Daily living 10 — Making budgeting decisions | making budgeting decisions, which turns on cognitive function | b, c | 2–4 |
| Daily living 4 — Washing and bathing | washing and bathing, including balance and the sequence of the task | b, c | 2 |
| Daily living 9 — Engaging with other people face to face | engaging with other people face to face, where prompting is needed | b | 2 |
Last checked: 7 August 2026
Where this mapping comes from
Descriptor letters and point values are reproduced from Schedule 1 of the Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013. The activities listed are the ones whose published assessment guidance names the functions this condition is reported to affect. No activity is listed on any other basis.
Activities are numbered as Schedule 1 numbers them, within each component: daily living 1 to 10 and mobility 1 to 2.
- DWP PIP Assessment Guide, activity 1: “For example, if a claimant cannot chop vegetables without an aid due to weakness in their hands, then it would be expected that they would struggle to undertake other activities requiring similar dexterity.”
- DWP PIP Assessment Guide, activity 6: “Dressing and undressing may involve stretching, reaching, bending, gripping and other such movements.”
- DWP PIP Assessment Guide, activity 11: “This activity is designed for limitations on mobility deriving from mental health, cognitive and sensory impairments, whereas activity 12 is generally designed for limitations from physical problems. Cognitive impairment includes orientation (understanding of where, when and who the person is), attention, concentration and memory.”
- DWP PIP Assessment Guide, activity 10: “The age of the person or whether they have ever done any household budgeting is irrelevant - it is their ability to make budgeting decisions and their level of cognitive function that is relevant.”
- DWP PIP Assessment Guide, activity 4: “Consideration should be given to the claimant's functional restrictions to see if they: could reasonably use an aid such as a grab rail to get in or out of an unadapted bath or shower (4B) or whether they require assistance (4E) to get in and out of an unadapted bath or shower.”
- DWP PIP Assessment Guide, activity 9: “This activity is designed for limitations on social engagement deriving from mental health, cognitive and learning impairments.”
Points are added within each component, never across the two. The PIP points calculator scores all 12 activities where the picture is wider than the ones above.
Can You Get PIP for Dyspraxia?
Yes, where dyspraxia limits the assessed activities on more than half of the days over a 12-month period. No condition qualifies by name, and none is excluded by name either. The two tests are duration — difficulties expected to last at least 12 months from when they started — and frequency, which GOV.UK states as difficulty "more than half of the days over a 12-month period".
What Rate Could Dyspraxia Get?
The rate follows the points in each component separately. Daily living pays £76.70 a week at the standard rate and £114.60 at the enhanced rate. Mobility pays £30.30 and £80.00, and the highest combined award is £194.60 a week.
Last checked: 6 August 2026
For this condition the points most often come from the aid and prompting descriptors, and from the reasonable-time limb rather than from an inability to finish.
Why Time Taken Is as Scoring as Help Needed
Dyspraxia usually produces tasks that are completed slowly rather than tasks that are impossible, and the reliability criteria are written for that. An activity counts as done only where it is done within a reasonable time period, which the regulations set at no more than twice as long as a person without the condition. A meal that takes an hour instead of twenty minutes fails that test even though it reaches the table.
Dexterity read-across is stated in the guidance: difficulty chopping vegetables without an aid means difficulty is expected with "other activities requiring similar dexterity". Buttons, laces, cutlery and taps belong to the same account, and describing all of them consistently is what a decision maker scores.
Sequencing and route-planning belong to the cognitive mobility activity. The guide states activity 11 "is designed for limitations on mobility deriving from mental health, cognitive and sensory impairments", and defines cognitive impairment to include "orientation (understanding of where, when and who the person is), attention, concentration and memory".
Evidence That Supports a Dyspraxia Claim
Evidence that names the activity beats evidence that names the diagnosis. Every descriptor above 0 points already assumes the condition is present.
- An occupational therapist's or educational psychologist's report recording the diagnosis and the assessment used
- A record of the aids and adaptations recommended — adapted cutlery, pen grips, non-slip mats
- A workplace or study needs assessment, naming the functional difficulties identified
- A physiotherapy or OT programme addressing coordination and balance
- A dated log of tasks that required a second attempt, and how long each took
- A written statement from a person who assists with sequencing, dressing or travel
Send what you already have rather than waiting for a new report. Evidence describing what you can do on an ordinary day answers the descriptors; the assessment weighs it against the reliability criteria.
Work Out the Full Picture
The tool above is pre-filtered; the assessment is not. All 12 activities are scored — 10 for daily living and 2 for mobility, set out in Schedule 1 of the PIP Regulations 2013 — and points from the two components never combine.
Two tools finish the picture:
- Score every activity in the PIP points calculator, which uses the same verbatim descriptors.
- Compare the pre-filtered tools on the all condition calculators page.
Where an award is already in place and was backdated, the work out your pip back pay tool prices the arrears.
The condition guide, covering evidence and the assessment in full, is on check pip for dyspraxia.