Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 45437

Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

Tabled: 8 April 2025
Answered: 23 April 2025

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

Labour — Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with (a) professional bodies, (b) disability organisations and (c) experts on changes to the PIP (i) descriptor points reallocation and (ii) scoring change.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
We have committed to introduce a new requirement that, in addition to the existing eligibility criteria, claimants must score a minimum of four points in at least one daily living activity to be eligible for the daily living component of Personal Independ...
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