Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 51601

Personal Independence Payment

Tabled: 12 May 2025
Answered: 20 May 2025

Question

Sorcha Eastwood

AllianceLagan Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the number of people who are currently in receipt of PIP who are likely to lose their entitlement under the proposals in the Health and Disability Green Paper, broken d

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
No such assessment will be made. PIP is not based on primary medical condition diagnosis but on functional disability as the result of one or more conditions, and is awarded as a contribution to the additional costs which result.Information on the impacts...

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