SS v The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (PIP)

Facts

The claimant, referred to in these anonymised proceedings as SS, had been entitled to the daily living component of personal independence payment at the standard rate from 30 March 2021 until 29 March 2024, but not the mobility component. The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions started a review of that entitlement on 29 July 2023 and, by a supersession decision of 9 February 2024, decided that the claimant scored 0 points for the daily living component and 0 points for the mobility component, so that he was entitled to neither component from and including 9 February 2024. That decision was reconsidered but not revised on 9 April 2024. The claimant appealed to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber), which heard the matter at Stoke-on-Trent on 1 April 2025 before Judge Wolfson, Dr Allen and Miss Tossell. The claimant attended and gave oral evidence; no presenting officer appeared for the Secretary of State. The Tribunal refused the appeal, confirming the award of 0 points for each component. Upper Tribunal Judge West granted permission to appeal on 27 March 2026, and the Secretary of State supported the appeal in submissions dated 22 May 2026. Neither party sought an oral hearing and the appeal was decided on the papers.