Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 61414

Personal Independence Payment: Chronic Illnesses

Tabled: 19 June 2025

Answered: 26 June 2025

Question

Victoria Collins

Liberal Democrat — Harpenden and Berkhamsted

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 55944, what steps her Department plans to take to support people with complex and overlapping health conditions who are subject to the current PIP asses

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms

We announced in the Pathways to Work Green Paper that changes will be made to the eligibility criteria for the daily living component of PIP. Claimants will need to score a minimum of four points in at least one daily living activity. This change does not...

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