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Personal Independence Payment

Commons · Question 61304 · Tabled 19 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 25 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Ann Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2025 to Question 45439 on Personal Independence Payments and with reference to the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill, published on 18 June 2025,

Answer

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 25 Jun 2025

The vast majority of claimants over State Pension age are on ongoing awards, with a light-touch review scheduled for 10 years. This is because we know that, as people get older, their conditions tend to get worse rather than better, and as such we think t...