Personal Independence Payment
Commons · Question 61325 · Tabled 19 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Carla Denyer
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the provisions to restrict eligibility for the personal independence payment in the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 26 Jun 2025
PIP provides a cash contribution to support people with the extra costs of living with a long term health condition or disability. Claimants have freedom and choice to spend their PIP as they see fit and we have been clear this should be maintained. PIP u...