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Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that adequate transition arrangement are put in place to help support people with changes to the levels of benefits.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
19 Mar 2025
Target answer date
24 Mar 2025
Answer
24 Mar 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that adequate transition arrangement are put in place to help support people with changes to the levels of benefits.

  2. 24 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 24 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    There will be no immediate changes to Personal Independence Payment (PIP). Our intention is that the changes will apply to new claims and award reviews from November 2026, subject to parliamentary approval. For those already on PIP, the changes will only ...

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