Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 51040
Personal Independence Payment: Reform
Tabled: 8 May 2025
Answered: 16 May 2025
Question
Adam Dance
Liberal Democrat — Yeovil
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department’s planned reforms to Personal Independence Payments on the mental health of people with disabilities.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsWe are taking action to address anxiety about the sustainability of the funding of PIP, focusing the benefit more on those with the greatest needs, by introducing a new eligibility requirement. The change to the PIP eligibility criteria will mean that peo...
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