Question follow-through · 43769

Personal Independence Payment: Chronic Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what changes her Department plans to make to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) reassessments for claimants suffering from longer-term degenerative conditions.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 2 Apr 2025
Target answer date: 7 Apr 2025
Answer: 8 Apr 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

2 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what changes her Department plans to make to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) reassessments for claimants suffering from longer-term degenerative conditions.
7 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Apr 2025
Answer published
Award reviews are an important feature of Personal Independence Payment to ensure people receive the correct level of benefit, both for those whose needs will increase and those whose needs may decrease. People who receive the highest level of PIP and who...

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