Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 39210
Personal Independence Payment: Eligibility
Tabled: 18 March 2025
Answered: 24 March 2025
Question
Martin Wrigley
Liberal Democrat — Newton Abbot
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of tightening the eligibility criteria for the Personal Independence Payment on the ability of disabled people to afford their costs.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsPersonal Independence Payment (PIP) is a contribution to the extra costs of being disabled. We have set out plans to introduce a new eligibility requirement in PIP so that people must score a minimum of four points in one daily living activity in PIP to b...
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