Question follow-through · 17030
Social Security Benefits: Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the qualifying period for (a) Disability Living Allowance, (b) Personal Independence Payment and (c) Carers Allowance on applicants under 25 wit
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 29 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 3 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 6 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the qualifying period for (a) Disability Living Allowance, (b) Personal Independence Payment and (c) Carers Allowance on applicants under 25 wit
3 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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6 Dec 2024
Answer published
Other than in cases of people nearing the end of life, all claims to either Disability Living Allowance (DLA) or Personal Independence Payment (PIP) are subject to the qualifying period. The qualifying period, together with a prospective test, ensures tha...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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