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Personal Independence Payment: Strokes

Commons · Question 81270 · Tabled 13 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 21 Oct 2025

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Asked by Kerry McCarthy

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of adding specific information on Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy to (a) guidance and (b) t

Answer

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 21 Oct 2025

Personal Independence Payment assessments assess the functional impact of a claimant’s health condition or impairment on their ability to carry out daily living activities, and to understand how a condition affects day-to-day functioning. All health profe...