Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 94245
Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
Tabled: 25 November 2025
Answered: 4 December 2025
Question
Catherine West
Labour — Hornsey and Friern Barnet
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with (a) Fibromyalgia and (b) other complex and lifelong conditions are not asked to complete a number of reassessments for Personal Independenc
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsEntitlement to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is assessed on the basis of the needs arising from a health condition or disability, rather than the health condition or disability itself. Individuals can be affected in different ways by the same condit...
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