Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 43923
Personal Independence Payment: Social Services
Tabled: 3 April 2025
Answered: 22 April 2025
Named DayQuestion
Richard Burgon
Labour — Leeds East
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of Personal Independence Payment recipients who use that payment to fund social care.
Answer
Stephen KinnockA Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is intended to provide a tax-free, cash contribution to help people with a long-term health condition or disability with their additional, disability-related costs. It can be paid at one of eight rates, from between £...
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