Question follow-through · 41665
Employment: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of proposed reforms to the personal independence payment on the employment (a) rights of and (b) obligations of employers to disable
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 26 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 31 Mar 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of proposed reforms to the personal independence payment on the employment (a) rights of and (b) obligations of employers to disable
28 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
31 Mar 2025
Answer published
PIP is a non-means tested benefit that can be paid to those in or out of work, it therefore does not directly link with employment rights.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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