Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 78851

Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Named Day

Question

Chris Webb

LabourBlackpool South

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people in Blackpool receiving Personal Independence Payments due to a psychiatric disorder are adequately supported.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) provides a contribution towards the extra costs that may arise from a long-term disability or health condition. Entitlement to PIP focuses on the functional impacts of a person’s health condition or disability on their ...

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