Question follow-through · 60191
Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department plans to take to help support people with (a) mental health problems and (b) psychiatric disorders following the implementation of her proposed reforms to eligibility for the P
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
- 16 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 25 Jun 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
16 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department plans to take to help support people with (a) mental health problems and (b) psychiatric disorders following the implementation of her proposed reforms to eligibility for the P
18 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Jun 2025
Answer published
PIP provides a cash contribution to support people with the extra costs of living with a long-term health condition or disability. Claimants have freedom and choice to spend their PIP as they see fit and the Secretary of State has been clear this should b...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Unpaid Work: Disability
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Voluntary Contributions
11 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the April 2025 deadline for backdated voluntary National Insurance Contributions how many requests for callbacks were logged by HMRC before 6 April 2025; how many callbacks have so far
Voluntary Contributions
11 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the April 2025 deadline for backdated voluntary National Insurance Contributions, how many requests for callbacks were logged by his Department before 6 April 2025; how many callbacks