Personal Independence Payment: Eligibility
Commons · Question 39210 · Tabled 18 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of tightening the eligibility criteria for the Personal Independence Payment on the ability of disabled people to afford their costs.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 24 Mar 2025
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a contribution to the extra costs of being disabled. We have set out plans to introduce a new eligibility requirement in PIP so that people must score a minimum of four points in one daily living activity in PIP to b...