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Personal Independence Payment

Commons · Question 56333 · Tabled 2 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 10 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to help support (a) seriously ill and (b) disabled people who may be affected by proposed changes to the Personal Independence Payment.

Answer

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 10 Jun 2025

We have committed to introduce a new requirement that 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 Independence Payment (PIP) to focus PIP on those with highe...