pending late application for settled status

can claims for PIP or other benefits be made while a late application for settled status is being decide ???

Someone who has made a late application to EUSS, provided the application is validated and identity verified is not a PSIC and therefore can claim PIP subject to the usual criteria including past presence
For means-tested benefits look at the ADM memos, but should be able to access provided have a right to reside although according to the training I am looking at to answer this it is still a bit unclear when it comes to making a new benefit application (as opposed to making a late application to EUSS when already in receipt of means-tested benefits)

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/housing-benefit-adjudication-circulars-2021/a102021-claimants-without-a-status-under-the-european-union-settlement-scheme-at-the-end-of-the-grace-period

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1033100/adm19-21.pdf

Thank you Vonny