Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 13504

Personal Independence Payment: Patients

Tabled: 11 November 2024
Answered: 19 November 2024

Question

Ruth Cadbury

LabourBrentford and Isleworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of financial support available to individuals in hospital whose personal independence payments are paused.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
Where an adult age 18 or over is maintained free of charge while undergoing medical or other treatment as an in-patient in a hospital or similar institution funded by the NHS, payment of (but not entitlement to) Personal Independence Payment (PIP) ceases ...

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