Personal Independence Payment: Patients
Commons · Question 13504 · Tabled 11 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Ruth Cadbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of financial support available to individuals in hospital whose personal independence payments are paused.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 19 Nov 2024
Where an adult age 18 or over is maintained free of charge while undergoing medical or other treatment as an in-patient in a hospital or similar institution funded by the NHS, payment of (but not entitlement to) Personal Independence Payment (PIP) ceases ...