Question follow-through · 59663

Personal Independence Payment: Multiple Sclerosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of people with multiple sclerosis who are expected to lose eligibility for Personal Independence Payment under the proposed reforms to the assessment crit

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

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

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

Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of people with multiple sclerosis who are expected to lose eligibility for Personal Independence Payment under the proposed reforms to the assessment crit

  2. 16 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    I refer the hon. Member to the answer to Question UIN 58296 on 16th June 2025.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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