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Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to consult with disability advocacy groups on the proposed changes to Personal Independence Payment, including any changes to payment methods.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
10 Feb 2025
Target answer date
12 Feb 2025
Answer
17 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to consult with disability advocacy groups on the proposed changes to Personal Independence Payment, including any changes to payment methods.

  2. 12 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    This Government is committed to putting the views and voices of disabled people at the heart of all that we do. We are committed to reforming the system of health and disability benefits so that it promotes and enables employment among as many people as p...

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