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Carolyn Harris
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(8 years, 7 months ago)
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Mr Speaker
We may or may not get to question 21. Patience may be rewarded. We shall see.
Carolyn Harris (Swansea East) (Lab)
Last Friday we heard that an additional £1.2 billion is to be cut from the PIP budget. That translates into £2,000 a year less for more than 60,000 claimants. What method or madness led the Minister to think that cutting support could help PIP claimants into work or to achieve independent living?
Justin Tomlinson
We are continuing to make improvements for claimants across the assessment process for PIP. At the end of this Parliament, we will continue to see increased numbers going through the system and benefiting from PIP.