Question follow-through · 87799

Personal Independence Payment: Chronic Illnesses and Diabetes

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has considered exemptions or streamlined processes for PIP claimants with (a) Type 1 diabetes and (b) other lifelong and progressively complex conditions.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
4 Nov 2025
Target answer date
11 Nov 2025
Answer
11 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has considered exemptions or streamlined processes for PIP claimants with (a) Type 1 diabetes and (b) other lifelong and progressively complex conditions.

  2. 11 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    Other than for claims made under the special rules for people nearing the end of their life, all claims to PIP are treated in the same way. Entitlement to PIP is assessed on the basis of the needs arising from a health condition or disability, rather than...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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