Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 45577

Personal Independence Payment: Neurodiversity

Tabled: 17 April 2025
Answered: 28 April 2025

Question

Bob Blackman

ConservativeHarrow East

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) autistic and (b) neurodivergent people will no longer be eligible to Personal Independence Payment following the proposed reforms.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The number will not be known until those affected have gone through their first award review after the reforms take effect, starting in November 2026. Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper will be published in due course, and some...

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