Question follow-through · 13636
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of PIP to support disabled people with the extra cost of disability.
About this written question
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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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More questions by this MP on Social security and pensions
- Pension Credit: Veterans · 13 Nov 2024
- State Retirement Pensions · 15 Nov 2024
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- Child Poverty Taskforce · 20 Nov 2024
- Access to Work Programme · 20 Nov 2024
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Recorded timeline
11 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of PIP to support disabled people with the extra cost of disability.
13 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Nov 2024
Answer published
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) provides a contribution to the extra costs that may arise from a disability or health condition. There is no objective way of deciding what an adequate level of PIP should be, as everyone has different requirements refl...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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