Written questions

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

Commons · Question 41080 · Tabled 25 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 31 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her policy is on the continued payment of Personal Independence Payment while a decision to end the payment is subject to an appeal.

Answer

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 31 Mar 2025

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is not an income replacement benefit. It is paid to help with the additional costs that arise from long term health conditions or disability where they impact on the activities set out in legislation. Claimants are asse...