Oral QuestionDepartment for International Trade

“If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”

Tabled: 25 August 2020Answered: 3 September 2020

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for International Trade

Answer from Hansard

Sir Stephen Timms

We have set up a panel of experts to advise us on how best to improve employment prospects for people with autism and neurodivergence. As the right hon. Member knows, we will be undertaking a review of the PIP assessment, co-producing it with disabled people, so that we have a clear way forward for who should and who should not be entitled to the personal independence payment.