Written questions

Personal Independence Payment: Veterans

Commons · Question 45884 · Tabled 17 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 28 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Kate Osborne

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to Personal Independence Payment eligibility criteria on veterans with service-related (a) mental and (b) physical

Answer

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 28 Apr 2025

The Department does not centrally record the veteran status of PIP claimants.In our recent Pathways to Work Green Paper, published on the 18 March 2025, we announced a broad package of reforms to the health and disability benefit and support system. No ch...