MU v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (PIP): [2025] UKUT 391 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Ward on 20 November 2025.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
• Published: 6 January 2026

• Categories: Personal independence payment – general and Tribunal procedure and practice
• Judges: Ward, C
• Decision date: 20 November 2025

Read the full decision in UA-2025-000755-PIP.

Judicial Summary

The restriction in Social Security Act 1998 s.12(8)(b) has as a consequence that a tribunal may not rely on evidence of circumstances subsequent to the date of decision (and which are not capable of being referred back to the date of decision) to decide to make an award of Personal Independence Payment only for a fixed period on the grounds that a claimant’s condition has improved since the date of decision.

Published 6 January 2026