Oral QuestionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

“What recent assessment he has made of the effect of the cost of housing on trends in the level of evictions.”

Tabled: 30 October 2018Answered: 5 November 2018

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Social Security and Disability (Sir Stephen Timms)

There were 2 million working-age personal independence payment claimants before the pandemic. That number is now over 3 million and is set to exceed 4 million by the end of the decade. My review will aim to make sure that PIP is fair and fit for the future.