Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 196550

Personal Independence Payment

Tabled: 1 September 2023
Answered: 7 September 2023

Question

Tonia Antoniazzi

LabourGower

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of PIP descriptors for the assessment of people with fluctuating conditions.

Answer

The Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment criteria account for fluctuations by considering an individual’s ability to undertake 12 specific daily activities over a 12-month period.  It is essential for the assessment to accurately reflect the imp...

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