Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 69017

Employment

Tabled: 18 July 2025

Answered: 1 September 2025

Named Day

Question

Sir Mel Stride

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it has ever been her Department's policy to treat moving into employment as a change of circumstances which triggers a reassessment for (a) personal independence payment and (b) the work capabil

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms

Being in work, of itself, is not a change of circumstances for the purposes of triggering an award review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) or the Work Capability Assessment determination. We are legislating for this approach and believe it is the ri...

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