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Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with (a) professional bodies, (b) disability organisations and (c) experts on changes to the PIP (i) descriptor points reallocation and (ii) scoring change.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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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

  1. 8 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with (a) professional bodies, (b) disability organisations and (c) experts on changes to the PIP (i) descriptor points reallocation and (ii) scoring change.

  2. 22 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 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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