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PIP review form (AR1) filler

When your PIP award comes up for review, the DWP sends the AR1 form, "Award review, how your disability affects you". We write honest, first-person answers for each activity, built around how you manage now, and we never invent a change.

What the AR1 review form is

The AR1 is the form the DWP uses to look at an existing PIP award again, usually as it nears its end date. It is not a fresh claim. You already have an award, and the review is checking whether your needs are still the same, have changed, or have moved in either direction since the award was last looked at.

How it differs from a new claim

A new claim on the PIP2 form asks you to describe each activity from scratch. The AR1 starts from where your award already is, so it is framed around change. For every activity it asks three things, and we answer all three for you:

Honesty comes first

We never invent a change. That matters more on a review than anywhere else, because the whole form turns on whether things have shifted.

Field (a) starts from a truthful template that reads: "my health has not improved since my award was last looked at on [date]...". If nothing has genuinely changed, that is your honest answer and you leave it as it is. If something real has changed, you replace that line with the actual change and roughly when it happened. We give you the honest starting point; only you can add a change, and only a real one.

What one answer looks like

Here is a sample AR1 answer for Q6, Washing and bathing, showing the three fields the review asks for. Your own answers are built from your conditions, not this example.

How your condition affects you nowAR1 · Q6
6. Washing and bathing
a) Tell us if something has changed and approximately when.
My health has not improved since my award was last looked at on March 2023. My difficulties continue as described below, and on bad days they are worse. [If something HAS changed, replace this line with the real change and the approximate date. Never invent a change.]
b) Tell us how you manage this activity now, including any aids you need.
Because of my rheumatoid arthritis and chronic fatigue, I still cannot wash or bathe safely on my own on most days. My joints are stiff and painful and my balance is poor, so I am at real risk of slipping getting in and out of the bath. I use a shower seat and grab rails, but even with them I cannot manage the whole task safely or to an acceptable standard on my own. On my worse days, which are more than half the week, I cannot wash at all and go without. On a better day it takes me far longer than it should and I have to rest partway through.
c) Tell us about any changes to the help you need or get from another person.
I still need my partner to steady me getting in and out and to wash my back, hair and feet, which I cannot reach. On my worst days they have to wash me completely. The help I need has not reduced since my award was last looked at.
★ Suggested descriptor · 6d · 2 points
For your eyes only: still needing another person to wash the parts you cannot reach points to this descriptor. Do not copy this line onto the form.

How it works

01

Tell us what is hard

Add your conditions and the date your award was last looked at, then tick the things you struggle with.

02

We write your answers

Each activity, structured for the review, with the honest change template and how you manage now.

03

Copy onto your form

Add any real change and its date, edit anything that is not quite you, and write it onto your own AR1.

Why careful wording helps on a review

The DWP decides every review, and no service can change that or promise a result. What clear wording can do is make sure the form describes how you manage now fully and accurately, in the terms the assessment actually uses.

Our answers are built around the reliability rules: they describe whether you can do each activity safely, to an acceptable standard, repeatedly, and in a reasonable time, on your worst and most common days rather than your best ones. They name the aids and the help you rely on now, including anything you need but do not get. And they keep the honesty rule front and centre, so field (a) never claims a change that has not happened.

Award review

PIP review form (AR1)

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  • Every activity, structured for the AR1 review form
  • The three review fields answered: what has changed, how you manage now, and the help you need
  • An honest change template you complete yourself, so no change is ever invented
  • Written in first person, ready to copy onto your form
  • Private descriptor note on each activity, for your eyes only
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