Asked by: Catherine Atkinson (Labour - Derby North)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of her proposed reforms to PIP on (a) employment and (b) health and care needs of disabled people.
Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper has been published here: Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill publications - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament. A further programme of analysis to support development of the proposals in the Green Paper is being developed and undertaken in the coming months.
The number of people currently on PIP who did not score 4 points in one category in their last assessment should not be equated with the number who are likely to not to be awarded the daily living component of PIP in future. Our intention is that changes will start to come into effect from November 2026, subject to parliamentary approval. After that date, people already in receipt of PIP will continue to be treated under the current rules, with only new claimants having the new criterion applied. As a result of behavioural responses to the change, we expect that a higher proportion of new claimants will score 4 points against at least one activity than happens currently.
We are consulting on how best to support those who are affected by the new eligibility changes, including ensuring health and care needs are met. We have also announced a wider review of the PIP assessment to make it fair and fit for purpose, which I am leading. We are bringing together a range of experts, stakeholders and people with lived experience to consider how best to do this. We will provide further details as plans progress
We will be making changes so no one currently on PIP will lose PIP as a result of the four-point change. The four point eligibility requirement will be implemented from November 2026 for new claims only, subject to Parliamentary approval.
Asked by: Adam Dance (Liberal Democrat - Yeovil)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to increase transparency in the private pension sector.
Answered by Torsten Bell - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
The Government is developing pensions dashboards which will allow people to view their pensions picture, including State Pension, securely and in one place online.
Relevant occupational, personal and stakeholder pension schemes are legally required to connect to pensions dashboards and provide pensions information upon request. This will help people to reconnect with their pension pots and better plan for retirement.
The Value for Money measures in the Pension Schemes Bill will also drive transparency across the Defined Contributions pensions sector by requiring schemes to provide standardised metrics across three core pillars of value: costs and charges; investments; and quality of service. DWP are working closely with the Financial Conduct Authority and The Pensions Regulator to ensure we design a framework and regulatory regime that increases comparability, transparency and competition across DC pension schemes, delivering better outcomes for pension savers.
Asked by: Catherine Atkinson (Labour - Derby North)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to co-produce reforms to the welfare system with (a) disabled people and (b) their carers.
Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This government values the input of disabled people and people with health conditions, in addition to representative organisations that support them. That is why we opened a public consultation that ran until 30 June 2025, for a full 12 weeks after a full suite of accessible versions were published on 7 April.
The consultation welcomed all views, especially those of disabled people, as well as carers, who provide essential support for people with long-term health conditions and disabilities. We held a programme of in-person and virtual consultation events across the country, to hear from people directly.
We continue to facilitate other ways to meaningfully involve disabled people and their perspectives in our reforms, including through collaboration committees, the PIP assessment review and the Disability Advisory Panel.
We are setting up Collaboration Committees announced in the Green Paper, which will help to further develop our welfare reforms. These will involve bringing together groups of disabled people and other experts for specific work areas to collaborate and provide discussion, challenge, and recommendations.
Throughout the PIP assessment review, we are working closely with disabled people and organisations that support them to ensure that the voices of those who go through the PIP assessment, and those with expertise in the system are embedded in the review.
The Disability Advisory Panel, which we announced in the Get Britain Working White Paper, will be a strategic advisory panel consisting of disabled people and individuals with long-term health conditions.
I also continue to regularly meet with stakeholders, including disabled people and their representatives, to discuss our reforms and listen to their views.
Asked by: Catherine Atkinson (Labour - Derby North)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Department has taken to consult (a) disabled people and (b) their carers on reforms to the welfare system.
Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This government values the input of disabled people and people with health conditions, in addition to representative organisations that support them. That is why we opened a public consultation that ran until 30 June 2025, for a full 12 weeks after a full suite of accessible versions were published on 7 April.
The consultation welcomed all views, especially those of disabled people, as well as carers, who provide essential support for people with long-term health conditions and disabilities. We held a programme of in-person and virtual consultation events across the country, to hear from people directly.
We continue to facilitate other ways to meaningfully involve disabled people and their perspectives in our reforms, including through collaboration committees, the PIP assessment review and the Disability Advisory Panel.
We are setting up Collaboration Committees announced in the Green Paper, which will help to further develop our welfare reforms. These will involve bringing together groups of disabled people and other experts for specific work areas to collaborate and provide discussion, challenge, and recommendations.
Throughout the PIP assessment review, we are working closely with disabled people and organisations that support them to ensure that the voices of those who go through the PIP assessment, and those with expertise in the system are embedded in the review.
The Disability Advisory Panel, which we announced in the Get Britain Working White Paper, will be a strategic advisory panel consisting of disabled people and individuals with long-term health conditions.
I also continue to regularly meet with stakeholders, including disabled people and their representatives, to discuss our reforms and listen to their views.
Asked by: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Labour - Calder Valley)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants in each subgroup of psychiatric disorders recorded as the main disabling condition were awarded (a) at least eight but fewer than 12 points in the living component and fewer than four points in a single daily living category and (b) at least 12 points in the living component but fewer than four points in a single daily living category were recorded as being in (i) part-time employment working fewer than 35 hours per week and (ii) full-time employment working 35 or more hours per week on 23 June 2025.
Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
We only hold data on whether a claimant was employed or self-employed for each month up to March 2024. We do not hold any data on full-time or part-time work. Therefore, Table 1 shows the number of PIP claimants in employment in March 2024 who scored less than 4 points in all Daily Living activities, by Standard and Enhanced PIP Daily Living and primary medical condition.
Table 1. The number of PIP claimants in employment at the end of March 2024 who scored fewer than 4 points in all Daily Living activities, by Standard and Enhanced PIP Daily Living and primary medical condition.
Primary medical condition | Enhanced Daily Living | Standard Daily Living |
All conditions | 25,680 | 267,200 |
All psychiatric disorders | 7,900 | 47,920 |
Anxiety disorders | 290 | 2,530 |
Autistic spectrum disorders | 690 | 3,130 |
Cognitive disorders | 40 | 170 |
Conduct disorder (including oppositional defiant disorder) | - | 10 |
Eating disorders | 20 | 110 |
Enuresis | - | - |
Faecal soiling (encopresis) | - | - |
Hyperkinetic disorder | 510 | 2,890 |
Learning disability global | 170 | 400 |
Mixed anxiety and depressive disorders | 3,280 | 20,510 |
Mood disorders | 1,320 | 8,780 |
Obsessive compulsive disorder | 70 | 600 |
Other psychiatric disorders of childhood | - | 20 |
Personality disorder | 360 | 2,390 |
Psychotic disorders | 270 | 2,170 |
Somatoform and dissociative disorders | 10 | 40 |
Specific learning disorder | 160 | 610 |
Stress reactions | 650 | 3,240 |
Substance (mis) use disorders | 60 | 330 |
Notes:
Asked by: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Labour - Calder Valley)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants who were awarded (a) at least eight but fewer than 12 points in the daily living component and fewer than four points in a single daily living category and (b) at least 12 points in the daily living component but fewer than four points in a single daily living category were recorded as being in (i) part-time employment working fewer than 35 hours per week and (ii) full-time employment working 35 or more hours per week on 23 June 2025.
Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
We only hold data on whether a claimant was employed or self-employed for each month up to March 2024. We do not hold any data on full-time or part-time work. Therefore, Table 1 shows the number of PIP claimants in employment in March 2024 who scored less than 4 points in all Daily Living activities, by Standard and Enhanced PIP Daily Living and primary medical condition.
Table 1. The number of PIP claimants in employment at the end of March 2024 who scored fewer than 4 points in all Daily Living activities, by Standard and Enhanced PIP Daily Living and primary medical condition.
Primary medical condition | Enhanced Daily Living | Standard Daily Living |
All conditions | 25,680 | 267,200 |
All psychiatric disorders | 7,900 | 47,920 |
Anxiety disorders | 290 | 2,530 |
Autistic spectrum disorders | 690 | 3,130 |
Cognitive disorders | 40 | 170 |
Conduct disorder (including oppositional defiant disorder) | - | 10 |
Eating disorders | 20 | 110 |
Enuresis | - | - |
Faecal soiling (encopresis) | - | - |
Hyperkinetic disorder | 510 | 2,890 |
Learning disability global | 170 | 400 |
Mixed anxiety and depressive disorders | 3,280 | 20,510 |
Mood disorders | 1,320 | 8,780 |
Obsessive compulsive disorder | 70 | 600 |
Other psychiatric disorders of childhood | - | 20 |
Personality disorder | 360 | 2,390 |
Psychotic disorders | 270 | 2,170 |
Somatoform and dissociative disorders | 10 | 40 |
Specific learning disorder | 160 | 610 |
Stress reactions | 650 | 3,240 |
Substance (mis) use disorders | 60 | 330 |
Notes:
Jun. 27 2025
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