Question follow-through · 59292

Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to introduce reforms to the eligibility criteria for Personal Independence Payments before the conclusion of her Department's review of the Personal Independence Payment assessment pro

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
12 Jun 2025
Target answer date
16 Jun 2025
Answer
23 Jun 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to introduce reforms to the eligibility criteria for Personal Independence Payments before the conclusion of her Department's review of the Personal Independence Payment assessment pro

  2. 16 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    Subject to Parliamentary approval, the proposed reforms will take effect only at the point of a claimant’s next scheduled award review after November 2026. In parallel, we have launched a comprehensive review of the PIP assessment process, which I shall l...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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