Question follow-through · 61510

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people in poverty who will lose financial support as a result of her Department's proposed changes to the eligibility criteria for Personal Indepen

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
20 Jun 2025
Target answer date
25 Jun 2025
Answer
25 Jun 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people in poverty who will lose financial support as a result of her Department's proposed changes to the eligibility criteria for Personal Indepen

  2. 25 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The government's impact assessment regarding Health and Disability Reform is available at Spring Statement 2025 health and disability benefit reforms - Impacts. This includes estimated impacts of the proposed changes to Personal Independence Payment entit...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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