Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 50688
Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness
Tabled: 7 May 2025
Answered: 19 May 2025
Question
Adam Dance
Liberal Democrat — Yeovil
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with (a) young people with severe mental illness and (b) organisations representing them on the potential impact of her Department's proposed changes to the eligibility crit
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsWe have committed to introduce a new requirement that, in addition to the existing eligibility criteria, people claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP) must score a minimum of four points in at least one daily living activity to be eligible for the d...
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