Question follow-through · 42179

Personal Independence Payment: Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that people with care needs can continue to pay for carers following changes to eligibility for Personal Independence Payments.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 27 Mar 2025
Target answer date: 2 Apr 2025
Answer: 2 Apr 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

27 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that people with care needs can continue to pay for carers following changes to eligibility for Personal Independence Payments.
2 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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2 Apr 2025
Answer published
We have committed to introduce a new requirement that, in addition to the existing eligibility criteria, claimants must score a minimum of four points in at least one daily living activity to be eligible for the daily living component of Personal Independ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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