Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 43597

Personal Independence Payment: Reform

Tabled: 2 April 2025
Answered: 7 April 2025
Named Day

Question

Richard Burgon

LabourLeeds East

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 139 of the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, for what reason it is her policy that people shoul

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
We have committed to introducing a new requirement whereby, in addition to the existing eligibility criteria, people must score a minimum of four points in at least one daily living activity to be eligible for the daily living component of Personal Indepe...

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