Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 61089

Personal Independence Payment: Homelessness

Tabled: 18 June 2025

Answered: 27 June 2025

Question

David Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to Personal Independence Payment eligibility on the number of people qualifying for PIP experiencing homelessness.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is there to help people, now and into the future, with the extra costs of living with a disability. PIP is not intended to cover housing costs, which are paid through Universal Credit or Housing Benefit, but my departme...

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