Question follow-through · 45124
Personal Independence Payment: Terminal Illnesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who receive the Personal Independence Payment who have a terminal illness with a six month prognosis who will no longer be eligible following the intro
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 8 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 23 Apr 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who receive the Personal Independence Payment who have a terminal illness with a six month prognosis who will no longer be eligible following the intro
22 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Apr 2025
Answer published
We recognise that people nearing the end of their life are some of the most vulnerable people in society and need fast track and unqualified support at this difficult time. People who claim, or an in receipt of, Personal Independence Payment (PIP), and ar...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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