Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 61233

Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit: Care Leavers

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

Question

Munira Wilson

Liberal DemocratTwickenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to ensure that care leavers are not disproportionately impacted by the proposed changes in the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
On 18 June, the Government introduced the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill to Parliament, marking the next legislative step in delivering some of the reforms set out in the Pathways to Work Green Paper. The changes in this Bill will...

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