Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 64798
Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit: Northern Ireland
Tabled: 3 July 2025
Answered: 11 July 2025
Question
Carla Lockhart
Democratic Unionist Party — Upper Bann
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposed reforms to (a) PIP and (b) Universal Credit on (i) community cohesion and (ii) equitable access to benefits in Northern Irelan
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsPersonal Independence Payment (PIP) and Universal Credit (UC) are administered in Northern Ireland by the Department for Communities (DfC). DfC is responsible for producing analysis on how proposed reforms would impact claimants in Northern Ireland.