Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 64009
Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit
Tabled: 1 July 2025
Answered: 10 July 2025
Question
Sir Mel Stride
Conservative — Central Devon
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people impacted by the changes to PIP proposed in the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill she estimates will (a) lose eligibility to PIP entirely, (b)
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsThe Pathways to Work Green Paper set out the Government’s intention to abolish the Work Capability Assessment (WCA). This reform will move away from categorising individuals into binary groups of ‘can work’ or ‘can’t work’. Instead, eligibility for additi...
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