Your answers to the form

These are answers to the questions about what you can and cannot do, written from your own log.

A draft in your words. Read every line and change anything that is not right before you send it.

See the reconsideration letter See the letter for your GP or nurse

Every quoted line was checked back against your log before it reached this page. We rebuilt 2 sections straight from your log, because the first wording did not pass our checks.

PIP2 is the form called How your disability affects you. The question numbers below match it.

Before you read my answers

These are my answers to the questions about what I can and cannot do.

Each one is written from my own daily log, and I have given the date I wrote every entry so you can check it.

Where I say how often something happens, it is counted from the days I recorded.

Question 3 on the form

Activity 1. Preparing food

The wording that fits me here is descriptor 1e: “Needs supervision or assistance to either prepare or cook a simple meal.”

On 23 April 2026, 15 June 2026 and 20 July 2026 I wrote: “Tried to cook pasta, had to sit down twice and left the hob on.”^E1

My log records this on 71% of the days I wrote in. That is more than half of them, so it is how I am most days rather than how I am at my worst.

On 19% of the days I wrote in my log records something harder still: “Cannot prepare and cook food.” I am not asking for that descriptor, because it is true on fewer than half my days. I mention it so you can see how much this varies.

The Upper Tribunal has decided this point in RJ and others v SSWP [2017] UKUT 105 (AAC): “A judge said cooking is not safe if there is a real chance of harm you cannot ignore.”

Question 14 on the form

Activity 12. Moving around

The wording that fits me here is descriptor 12c: “Can stand and then move unaided more than 20 metres but no more than 50 metres.”

On 24 April 2026, 18 June 2026 and 11 July 2026 I wrote: “Got about forty metres up the street before my legs went.”^E2

My log records this on 64% of the days I wrote in. That is more than half of them, so it is how I am most days rather than how I am at my worst.

On 22% of the days I wrote in my log records something harder still: “Can stand and then move more than 1 metre but no more than 20 metres, either aided or unaided.” I am not asking for that descriptor, because it is true on fewer than half my days. I mention it so you can see how much this varies.

The Upper Tribunal has decided this point in KN v SSWP [2016] UKUT 261 (AAC): “A judge said stopping for a rest does not always end a spell of walking.”

One more thing about my answers

Where I have said I can do something, I mean I can do it safely, to a reasonable standard, as often as I need to, and in a reasonable time.

If I cannot do it that way, I have said so.

Your evidence list

Each line below comes from your log and shows the date you wrote it. The letter points to these numbers.

E123 April 2026, 15 June 2026 and 20 July 2026“Tried to cook pasta, had to sit down twice and left the hob on.”
E224 April 2026, 18 June 2026 and 11 July 2026“Got about forty metres up the street before my legs went.”

Samefacts helps you prepare your own case. It isn’t legal or medical advice, and it never guarantees an outcome.

Back to your case

Your reconsideration letter

A reconsideration letter asks the DWP to look at your claim again. This one uses the words already in your log, with the date you wrote each one.

Be ready for this stage. Not many decisions change at reconsideration. But it is a step you need. More than half of the people who go on to appeal win. Your letter starts the record that wins later.

A draft in your words. Read every line and change anything that is not right before you send it.

See the answers for the form See the letter for your GP or nurse

Every quoted line was checked back against your log before it reached this page. We rebuilt 2 sections straight from your log, because the first wording did not pass our checks.

PIP2 is the form called How your disability affects you. The question numbers below match it.

Mandatory reconsideration request

To the decision maker,

I am asking you to look again at the decision on my Personal Independence Payment claim.

Name: Sarah National Insurance number: [your National Insurance number] Date of the decision: [the date on your decision letter] Date of this letter: [today's date]

I am not sending new evidence. Everything below was already in my own daily log at the time of the decision. I have set it out activity by activity, with the wording I say applies, my own words, and the date I wrote them.

Question 3 on the form

Activity 1. Preparing food

I say descriptor 1e applies to me: “Needs supervision or assistance to either prepare or cook a simple meal.” It is worth 4 points.

On 23 April 2026, 15 June 2026 and 20 July 2026 I wrote: “Tried to cook pasta, had to sit down twice and left the hob on.”^E1

My log records this on 71% of the days I wrote in. That is more than half of them, so it is how I am most days rather than how I am at my worst.

The Upper Tribunal has decided this point in RJ and others v SSWP [2017] UKUT 105 (AAC): “A judge said cooking is not safe if there is a real chance of harm you cannot ignore.”

Question 14 on the form

Activity 12. Moving around

I say descriptor 12c applies to me: “Can stand and then move unaided more than 20 metres but no more than 50 metres.” It is worth 8 points.

On 24 April 2026, 18 June 2026 and 11 July 2026 I wrote: “Got about forty metres up the street before my legs went.”^E2

My log records this on 64% of the days I wrote in. That is more than half of them, so it is how I am most days rather than how I am at my worst.

The Upper Tribunal has decided this point in KN v SSWP [2016] UKUT 261 (AAC): “A judge said stopping for a rest does not always end a spell of walking.”

What I am asking for

I am asking you to look again at the points for the activities above, using the words in my log.

If you decide not to change the decision, please tell me which part of this evidence you did not accept and why, so I know what to do next.

Yours faithfully, Sarah [your address]

Your evidence list

Each line below comes from your log and shows the date you wrote it. The letter points to these numbers.

E123 April 2026, 15 June 2026 and 20 July 2026“Tried to cook pasta, had to sit down twice and left the hob on.”
E224 April 2026, 18 June 2026 and 11 July 2026“Got about forty metres up the street before my legs went.”

What happens after you send this

After you send this, the DWP may phone you. They may want to explain their decision, or ask for more medical evidence. That is normal. You can stay polite and keep this letter as your answer. Ask them to carry on with the reconsideration. You do not have to decide anything on the phone.

Samefacts helps you prepare your own case. It isn’t legal or medical advice, and it never guarantees an outcome.

Before you read my answers

These are my answers to the questions about what I can and cannot do.

Each one is written from my own daily log, and I have given the date I wrote every entry so you can check it.

Where I say how often something happens, it is counted from the days I recorded.

Question 3 on the form

Activity 1. Preparing food

The wording that fits me here is descriptor 1e: “Needs supervision or assistance to either prepare or cook a simple meal.”

On 23 April 2026, 15 June 2026 and 20 July 2026 I wrote: “Tried to cook pasta, had to sit down twice and left the hob on.”^E1

My log records this on 71% of the days I wrote in. That is more than half of them, so it is how I am most days rather than how I am at my worst.

The Upper Tribunal has decided this point in RJ and others v SSWP [2017] UKUT 105 (AAC): “A judge said cooking is not safe if there is a real chance of harm you cannot ignore.”

Question 14 on the form

Activity 12. Moving around

The wording that fits me here is descriptor 12c: “Can stand and then move unaided more than 20 metres but no more than 50 metres.”

On 24 April 2026, 18 June 2026 and 11 July 2026 I wrote: “Got about forty metres up the street before my legs went.”^E2

My log records this on 64% of the days I wrote in. That is more than half of them, so it is how I am most days rather than how I am at my worst.

The Upper Tribunal has decided this point in KN v SSWP [2016] UKUT 261 (AAC): “A judge said stopping for a rest does not always end a spell of walking.”

One more thing about my answers

Where I have said I can do something, I mean I can do it safely, to a reasonable standard, as often as I need to, and in a reasonable time.

If I cannot do it that way, I have said so.