Written questions

Personal Independence Payment: Parents

Commons · Question 60527 · Tabled 17 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 25 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support children of disabled people who have had PIP removed.

Answer

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 25 Jun 2025

PIP provides a contribution to the extra costs an individual faces as a result of needs arising from a long-term health condition or disability. It is not an income replacement benefit.We have committed to introduce a new requirement that claimants must s...