Personal Independence Payment: Carers
Commons · Question 41963 · Tabled 27 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Steve Darling
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to the Personal Independence Payment qualifying criteria on unpaid family carers.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 3 Apr 2025
We have committed to introduce a new requirement that, in addition to the existing eligibility criteria, claimants must score a minimum of four points in at least one daily living activity to be eligible for the daily living component of Personal Independ...