The Short Answer
PIP is between £121.20 and £778.40 per payment in 2026/27, and each payment covers 4 weeks. The most common way to read it monthly: standard daily living pays £306.80, enhanced daily living £458.40, and both enhanced components together £778.40 every 4 weeks. Because PIP pays 4-weekly, a year contains 13 payments, so calendar-month averages run slightly higher than one payment.
How much is PIP per month?
One 4-weekly PIP payment is 4 × your weekly award, and in 2026/27 that means £121.20 to £778.40 depending on the components. The underlying weekly figures are the four national amounts you can check pip rates against at any time. The conversion for every common award:
| Award | Weekly | 4-weekly payment | Calendar-month average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mobility standard only | £30.30 | £121.20 | £131.30 |
| Daily living standard only | £76.70 | £306.80 | £332.37 |
| Both standard rates | £107.00 | £428.00 | £463.67 |
| Daily living enhanced only | £114.60 | £458.40 | £496.60 |
| Both enhanced rates | £194.60 | £778.40 | £843.27 |
Last checked: 6 August 2026
The two right-hand columns differ because 52 weeks divide into 13 payments, not 12. Budgeting by calendar month therefore understates the year by one payment: the average column corrects for it by spreading 52 weeks across 12 months.
How much PIP for Crohn's disease calculator?
The same four rates apply to Crohn's disease as to every condition; the diagnosis itself carries no amount. Points decide the money: 8 points in a component pays the standard rate and 12 pays the enhanced rate, whatever condition produced the difficulties. A points check against the 12 activities gives a Crohn's claimant the same answer any calculator can: an award between £30.30 and £194.60 a week.
Last checked: 6 August 2026
How much PIP will I get backdated?
Backdated PIP is your weekly award multiplied by the weeks between your claim date and the decision. Each week is priced at its own year's rate, so windows crossing April mix two sets of figures. The lump sum arrives separately from your first regular payment.
How much back pay will I get from PIP?
A worked figure: 20 waiting weeks on standard daily living at the 2026/27 rate of £76.70 produces £1,534.00. The same wait on both enhanced rates produces £3,892.00. Longer waits and higher awards scale the same way, week by week.
Last checked: 6 August 2026
PIP Amounts in Detail
The 4-weekly cycle explains most surprises in PIP amounts. Payments land every 28 days, so payment dates drift through the calendar rather than repeating on the same date each month. Twice a year a calendar month contains two payment dates, which is the 13-payment pattern arriving, not an error.
The cycle also explains first payments. A new award starts with the backdated lump sum, then settles into the 4-weekly rhythm from the date the decision letter gives. From that point each payment is identical until the rates change in April or the award itself changes.
Comparing PIP's monthly worth against monthly-paid benefits needs the 13-payment correction in reverse: a benefit paying £400 calendar-monthly delivers £4,800 a year, while PIP at £400 per 4-weekly payment delivers £5,200. Like-for-like comparisons should always run through the annual figure.
Amounts on this page assume the 2026/27 rates in force since April 2026. Weeks from earlier years inside a back-pay window use their own years' figures, which is why arrears estimates always ask for dates.
Monthly budgeting on a 4-weekly benefit
The mismatch between payment cycles and bills has one clean solution: budget on the 4-weekly amount and treat the thirteenth payment as the correction. Rent, energy and subscriptions bill monthly, so eleven months of the year contain one PIP payment and roughly two months contain two. Planning against the single-payment figure keeps every month covered, and the double-payment months arrive as slack rather than shortfall.
The annual view makes the same point with totals. Standard daily living pays £3,988.40 across 52 weeks; both enhanced components pay £10,119.20. Dividing those by 12 produces the calendar averages in the table, and dividing by 13 reproduces the 4-weekly payment. All three views describe the same money on different clocks.
Last checked: 6 August 2026
When the monthly amount changes
Only three events move the figures. April uprating lifts every rate, and the first payment covering post-April weeks arrives at the new amount automatically. An award change after a review, reconsideration or tribunal replaces the weekly rate the cycle multiplies. And a component ending, at award end or after a change of circumstances, removes its share from the payment. Nothing else, including work, savings and other benefits, touches the amount that lands.
The figures above are the complete monthly answer; everything else is the award behind them.
Work Out Your Number
Select your award and read the weekly, 4-weekly and yearly figures at once: work out your pip amounts with the PIP Rates Calculator.