Question follow-through · 26393

Personal Independence Payment: Autism and Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has undertaken an assessment of the outcomes of PIP claims made by people with autism and learning disabilities compared with other disability groups.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
1 Sept 2026
Target answer date
3 Sept 2026
Answer
11 Sept 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 1 Sept 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has undertaken an assessment of the outcomes of PIP claims made by people with autism and learning disabilities compared with other disability groups.

  2. 3 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    Information on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment outcomes by primary condition can be found on Stat Xplore. PIP claimants can have more than one condition and this data only indicates the primary condition as determined during the PIP assessm...

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