Question follow-through · 40692

Personal Independence Payment: Terminal Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Green Paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, whether people with terminal illnesses will be

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 24 Mar 2025
Target answer date: 26 Mar 2025
Answer: 31 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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24 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Green Paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, whether people with terminal illnesses will be
26 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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31 Mar 2025
Answer published
Claimants of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) who are nearing the end of their life will be unaffected by the reforms to the PIP assessment criteria. Claims made under the special rules for end of life are automatically awarded the enhanced rate of the...

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