Administrative / Public Law · Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
RYD v The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Checked against the judgment on 13 October 2026 · how we verify
Facts
RYD, whose initials are an anonymisation and not his own, made an unsuccessful claim for personal independence payment on 22 August 2022 and claimed again on 10 July 2023. After a telephone assessment with a healthcare professional on 22 September 2023, a DWP decision-maker, acting for the Secretary of State, awarded daily living descriptors 1.d, 4.c, 6.c and 9.b, totalling 8 points, with no points for mobility activities. The daily living component was awarded at the standard rate from 10 July 2023 to 24 October 2027. RYD appealed to the First-tier Tribunal on 22 April 2024. The appeal was heard at Newport, where he attended in person with his sister. The First-tier Tribunal awarded descriptors 1.d, 4.c, 6.c, 9.c and 10.b, a total of 12 points, and so the enhanced rate of the daily living component for the same period, but still no mobility points. Its Statement of Reasons was produced on 01 October 2025. RYD challenged the decision on grounds concerning the recording of his conduct at the hearing, the absence of adjustments for his autism and the treatment of his evidence about planning and following journeys. Upper Tribunal Judge Butler granted permission to appeal on 16 April 2026, and the Secretary of State's representative then supported remittal.
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