Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 45969

Personal Independence Payment: Veterans

Tabled: 17 April 2025

Answered: 28 April 2025

Named Day

Question

Will Stone

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to update Personal Independence Payment application forms to ask whether applicants are veterans; and if she will meet the hon. Member for Swindon North to discuss the poten

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claim forms do not ask for an individual’s occupation, past or present as it is legally immaterial to the decision to award benefit or not. PIP is based on the daily living and mobility needs arising from a long-term he...

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