Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 45124

Personal Independence Payment: Terminal Illnesses

Tabled: 8 April 2025
Answered: 23 April 2025

Question

Apsana Begum

LabourPoplar and Limehouse

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who receive the Personal Independence Payment who have a terminal illness with a six month prognosis who will no longer be eligible following the intro

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
We recognise that people nearing the end of their life are some of the most vulnerable people in society and need fast track and unqualified support at this difficult time. People who claim, or an in receipt of, Personal Independence Payment (PIP), and ar...

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