Question follow-through · 23671
Personal Independence Payment: Respiratory Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are receiving PIP as a result of having a lung condition; and whether breathlessness is taken into account when conducting a PIP assessment.
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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 13 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 17 Jan 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are receiving PIP as a result of having a lung condition; and whether breathlessness is taken into account when conducting a PIP assessment.
15 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jan 2025
Answer published
In October 2024, there were 107,697 claimants with a respiratory diseased who received Personal Independence Payment (PIP). These figures are for England and Wales only and exclude claimants with Special Rules for End of Life. This figure can be found in ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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