Question follow-through · 47365

Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the light-touch review process for PIP claimants with ongoing awards will be included in future reviews of PIP reassessment.

answeredSarah GreenDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
23 Apr 2025
Target answer date
29 Apr 2025
Answer
29 Apr 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the light-touch review process for PIP claimants with ongoing awards will be included in future reviews of PIP reassessment.

  2. 29 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    In the Pathways to Work Green Paper we announced plans to launch a review of the PIP assessment, which I shall lead. To make sure we get this right, we will bring together a range of experts, stakeholders and people with lived experience to consider how b...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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