Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 49660

Personal Independence Payment

Tabled: 30 April 2025

Answered: 8 May 2025

Named Day

Question

Noah Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing people who accumulate points across multiple Personal Independence Payment activities, but do not score four points in any single activ

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms

PIP is an important, non-means tested benefit for disabled people and people with health conditions – regardless of whether they are in or out of work. However, the rate of increases in claims and expenditure is not sustainable and has outstripped the gro...

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