Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 43970

Personal Independence Payment

Tabled: 3 April 2025

Answered: 11 April 2025

Question

Andy McDonald

Labour — Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she had discussions with disabled people's groups on the introduction of the requirement that claimants must score a minimum of four points in at least one daily living activity to be eligible f

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms

We urgently need reform to stop people from falling into inactivity, restore trust and fairness in the system and promote the interests of disabled people. This means we need to take decisive action to tackle a situation in which PIP claims are set to dou...

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