Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 61354

Personal Independence Payment

Tabled: 19 June 2025
Answered: 25 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Natasha Irons

LabourCroydon East

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of her Department's proposed changes to the PIP eligibility criteria on the number of people subject to the benefits cap (a) nationally and (b) in Croy

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
We estimate that in 2029/30, for those affected by the proposed changes to the PIP eligibility criteria, 1,200 claimants will be also subject to the benefit cap. This estimate assumes that people potentially subject to the benefit cap are no more, and no ...

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