Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 51601
Personal Independence Payment
Tabled: 12 May 2025
Answered: 20 May 2025
Question
Sorcha Eastwood
Alliance — Lagan 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 TimmsNo 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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