Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 61329

Personal Independence Payment: Arthritis

Tabled: 19 June 2025

Answered: 26 June 2025

Question

Adam Dance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support people with arthritis who may be impacted by changes to Personal Independence Payments in Yeovil constituency.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms

We have committed in the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill to introduce a new requirement that claimants must score a minimum of four points in at least one daily living activity to be eligible for the daily living component of PIP. ...

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