Question follow-through · 79781
Personal Independence Payment Assessment Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) people and (b) groups have been consulted during summer 2025 as part of the PIP review.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 20 Oct 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) people and (b) groups have been consulted during summer 2025 as part of the PIP review.
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Oct 2025
Answer published
To date, I have met with representatives from more than 50 organisations including representatives of disabled people’s organisations, disability, welfare and carers’ charities, think tanks, co-production experts and more. I am grateful to all of those wh...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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