Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 109738

Personal Independence Payment: Learning Disability

Tabled: 29 January 2026
Answered: 6 February 2026

Question

Mr Lee Dillon

Liberal DemocratNewbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the requiring claimants to score four points in a single daily living activity to be eligible for the Personal Independence Payment on

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
As I set out to the House on 1 July 2025, the Government listened to concerns and withdrew its proposal to introduce an additional requirement to score a minimum of 4 points in a single activity to be eligible for the daily living element of PIP. Instead,...

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