Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 60191

Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness

Tabled: 16 June 2025
Answered: 25 June 2025

Question

Steve Darling

Liberal DemocratTorbay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department plans to take to help support people with (a) mental health problems and (b) psychiatric disorders following the implementation of her proposed reforms to eligibility for the P

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
PIP provides a cash contribution to support people with the extra costs of living with a long-term health condition or disability. Claimants have freedom and choice to spend their PIP as they see fit and the Secretary of State has been clear this should b...

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