Add PIP point system planning doc (#1069)#1725
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#1069 references SI 2013/377 Part 2 (daily living activities and points) and asks for the underlying point system to be modelled. Currently PolicyEngine UK reads the category (STANDARD / ENHANCED / NONE) directly via pip_dl_category and pip_m_category and multiplies by the weekly rate. That's correct for population aggregates because the FRS doesn't capture activity-level scores and DWP's caseload publications report bands rather than scores. Where the points machinery would matter: descriptor reforms (e.g. the 2024 Green Paper proposals), threshold reforms (raising the 8/12 cutoffs), and any analysis distributing by activity. Three-phase plan: 1. Points-to-category mapping behind a use_point_system switch parameter, preserving the categorical default (10 daily-living activity scores + 2 mobility activity scores -> total -> band via threshold params). 2. Descriptor-level parameters under gov/dwp/pip/descriptors/ so descriptor point values themselves are reformable. 3. Data-side descriptor imputation in policyengine-uk-data (needed to make Phase 2 reforms work on the calibrated microsim). Pure planning; current pip variables and parameters unchanged.
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pip_dl_categoryandpip_m_categoryand multiplies by the published weekly rate. That's correct for population aggregates because the FRS doesn't capture activity-level scores and DWP's caseload publications report bands rather than scores.docs/book/programs/gov/dwp/pip-points-plan.md:use_point_systemswitch parameter (10 daily-living + 2 mobility activity scores -> total -> band via threshold params), preserving the categorical default.gov/dwp/pip/descriptors/so descriptor point values themselves are reformable.policyengine-uk-data(needed to make Phase 2 reforms work on the calibrated microsim).Test plan
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