Question follow-through · 50398

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraphs 139 and 140 of her Department's publication entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, what ev

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 6 May 2025
Target answer date: 8 May 2025
Answer: 14 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

6 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraphs 139 and 140 of her Department's publication entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, what ev
8 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 May 2025
Answer published
PIP provides a contribution to extra costs, but, over recent years, claims have increased significantly, outstripping the growth in disability prevalence. Changes are needed to put benefit spending on a sustainable footing so it can be there for people wh...

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