Question follow-through · 13503

Personal Independence Payment: Patients

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals have had personal independence payments withdrawn after entering hospital care for more than 28 days in the last four years.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
11 Nov 2024
Target answer date
13 Nov 2024
Answer
15 Nov 2024 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 11 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals have had personal independence payments withdrawn after entering hospital care for more than 28 days in the last four years.

  2. 13 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 15 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. Suspensions of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for admission to hospital are combined in the PIP Computer System with admissions to hospices and ca...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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