Question follow-through · 75410
Universal Credit Bill
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Personal Independence Payments Bill on public finances.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 5 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 15 Sept 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Social security and pensions
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- State Retirement Pensions: Undocumented Workers · 13 Oct 2025
- Pensions: Self-employed · 4 Nov 2025
- Department for Work and Pensions: Visas · 3 Dec 2025
- Pensioners: Assets · 2 Jan 2026
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Recorded timeline
5 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Personal Independence Payments Bill on public finances.
9 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Sept 2025
Answer published
As I set out in the House of Commons on 1 July 2025, this Government has listened to the concerns raised by Members from across the House regarding the proposed changes to Personal Independence Payment (PIP).Clause 5 of the Universal Credit and Personal I...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Pensioners: Housing
13 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the likely mix of housing occupancy types for people attaining state pension age in each of the next five decades.
State Retirement Pensions: Undocumented Workers
13 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department withholds state pension payments to people convicted of illegal working.
Department for Work and Pensions: Public Consultation and Reviews
4 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of (a) consultations and (b) reviews conducted by his Department since 4 July 2024.
State Retirement Pensions
4 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 29 of the document by the OBR entitled Fiscal risks and sustainability, published on 8 July 2025, whether her Department has made its own assessment of the long-term sustainabilit
Pensions: Self-employed
4 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to encourage self-employed workers to pay into private pension funds.
Low Pay: Retirement
4 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to ensure that low paid workers have adequate income in retirement.
Department for Work and Pensions: Visas
3 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many visas a) his Department, b) the Pension Protection Fund, and c) the Office for Nuclear Regulation have sponsored since 4 July 2024.
Small Businesses: Apprentices
2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Autumn Budget 2025, whether his policy to fully fund SME apprenticeships for under 25s will include level 7 apprenticeships.
Pensioners: Assets
2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an (a) estimate of the age of inheritance for the next five decades and (b) assessment of the potential impact of increased longevity on the adequacy of assets held at state pension
Children: Maintenance
2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of CMS enforcement.
Pension Credit
2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of processing times for applications for pension credit.
Pension Credit
2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the press release entitled Fresh drive to boost Pension Credit take-up as new figures reveal large regional gaps in those receiving benefit worth around £4,300 a year, published on 30