Question follow-through · 48521

Personal Independence Payment: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with her counterpart in the Scottish government on the proposed changes to eligibility for the Personal Independence Payment.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
28 Apr 2025
Target answer date
7 May 2025
Answer
7 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with her counterpart in the Scottish government on the proposed changes to eligibility for the Personal Independence Payment.

  2. 7 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 May 2025

    Answer published

    The Pathways to Work Green Paper, published in March 2025, sets out our plans to reform health and disability benefits and employment support and opened a consultation on certain reforms. The consultation extends to Scotland, but the proposals will only a...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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