Disability: Cost of Living
Commons · Question 6444 · Tabled 4 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Marsha De Cordova
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Scope report entitled Disability Price Tag 2024, published in September 2024, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of extra costs incurred by
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 14 Oct 2024
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) provides a contribution to the extra costs that may arise from a disability or health condition. There is no objective way of deciding what an adequate level of PIP should be, as everyone has different requirements refl...