Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 49044
Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit: Domestic Abuse
Tabled: 29 April 2025
Answered: 8 May 2025
Question
Apsana Begum
Labour — Poplar and Limehouse
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed cut to (a) the Universal Credit health element and (b) PIP on survivors of domestic abuse.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsThe information required to make such an assessment is not readily available. This is because to identify survivors of domestic abuse would require manual processing of claimant information, and the information would only be available where it is included...
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