Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit
Commons · Question 66138 · Tabled 9 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Damian Hinds
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2025 to Question 63294 on Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit, what (a) driving factors and (b) assumptions she uses to model projections for the number o
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 17 Jul 2025
DWP produces forecasts of benefit payments based on DWP assumptions agreed by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), alongside economic determinants, judgments and assumptions provided by the OBR. The number of PIP claimants is forecast by considerin...