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<p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is intended to act as a contribution towards
the extra costs that arise from needs related to a long-term health condition or disability.
It is assessed on the basis of functional needs not a diagnosis or condition. The
needs arising from long Covid are assessed in the same way as for all other health
conditions or disabilities.</p><p>From March 2021 we amended PIP statistical classifications
to include the category “Coronavirus COVID-19”. Data on the PIP caseload by a range
of factors, including main disabling condition, can be extracted from Stat-Xplore
<a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml" target="_blank">(Stat-Xplore
- Log in (dwp.gov.uk</a>)) . Information on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found at
<a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">Getting
Started (dwp.gov.uk)</a>.</p>
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