Evidence is optional, but short and specific helps: a medication list, a professional letter, or a statement from someone who sees you regularly – each tied to what you can and can't do.
You don't have to send evidence with your PIP2 form, but it can help. The evidence that helps most is short, specific, and clearly tied to what you can and can't do day to day – not a large stack of medical history with no explanation attached.
What actually helps
A list of your medication, or a repeat prescription slip. This backs up what you've written in Part 1, and shows the scale of what you're managing.
Letters from your GP, a consultant, or another specialist. Especially anything that mentions how your condition affects your daily life or mobility, not just your diagnosis or treatment plan.
A care plan, if you have one, or an occupational therapy report. These often already describe, in professional language, exactly the kind of day-to-day difficulty the form is asking about.
A statement from a support worker or carer. Someone who sees you regularly – a paid carer, a support worker, a family member who helps often – can describe what they actually see, in their own words. This is often more useful than a single clinical letter, because it covers an ordinary day rather than one appointment.
What doesn't help much
Sending your entire medical history, unsorted, doesn't do much for your claim on its own. A decision maker or assessor has limited time to go through what you send, and a pile of undifferentiated letters going back years, with nothing explaining how any of it relates to the form's activities, is easy to skim past.
If you do want to include older or more general records, a short covering note saying which parts are relevant, and why, makes them far more likely to be read and used.
How to send it
Put your evidence in with the form. Send the PIP2 back in the return envelope that comes with it, with the address showing in the window. No stamp is needed.
Send copies, not originals. DWP does not return documents you post, so keep the originals yourself and send photocopies or printouts instead.
A short covering note helps. A single paragraph or list saying what you've enclosed and how each piece supports what you've written on the form – for example, "GP letter, 3 pages, confirms diagnosis and mentions mobility" - makes your evidence far easier to use than documents dropped in with no explanation.
DWP can request more evidence directly. As part of your claim, DWP may contact your GP or another professional named on your form for further information itself. This is normal, not a sign anything is wrong – it's one reason to list people on Part 1 who actually know your day-to-day situation.
You can send evidence after the form, too. If something arrives late – a specialist letter that wasn't ready in time, for instance – you can still send it on to DWP, referencing your National Insurance number so it's matched to the right claim.
If you're not sure what counts
When in doubt, ask: does this document say something about what I can or can't do, safely, reliably, and in reasonable time, with the activities the form covers? If yes, it's worth including, with a line explaining the connection.
If it only describes a diagnosis or a hospital stay with no bearing on daily living or mobility, it's less likely to add much – a mention in your own words, in the form itself, may do more.
Where this fits with the rest of your claim
Evidence supports what you've written – it doesn't replace it. The strongest claims pair specific, honest answers on the form itself with a small, well-explained set of documents behind them, not the other way round. See our guide to filling in the PIP2 form, part by part, for what kind of detail helps most in your own answers.
Questions people ask
Do I need medical evidence to claim PIP?
No, but it can help. Letters from a GP, specialist or care worker, or a list of medication, can back up what you've written. DWP may also contact your health professionals.
Should I send original documents?
No. Send copies, and keep the originals. Put your name and National Insurance number on each page.
Can a family member write a statement for my PIP claim?
Yes. A short statement from someone who sees you often, saying what they see and how often, can help.
What if I don't have any evidence?
Send the form anyway, on time. Your own answers are evidence. You can send more later if you get it.
You can apply to DWP directly, and Citizens Advice can help at no cost.
Sources
- How to claim PIP, GOV.UK (claim process, evidence and what to send) – checked 24 September 2026
- Personal Independence Payment, GOV.UK (overview) – checked 24 September 2026