PIP Changes: Impact on Carer’s Allowance Debate
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Tom Gordon
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PIP Changes: Impact on Carer’s Allowance
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Sir Stephen Timms
I thank my hon. Friend for her work on disability employment, which has been an important contribution. I can give the reassurances she seeks.
Tom Gordon (Harrogate and Knaresborough) (LD)
As someone who lives with ulcerative colitis, I am all too acquainted with the fact that health conditions can vary wildly. We know that people with conditions such as Crohn’s and colitis and their carers already have issues accessing PIP and carer’s allowance. What consideration has the Minister given to conditions such as those in the context of these cuts?
Sir Stephen Timms
It is very important that the system properly handles fluctuating conditions. One of the benefits of the proposal in the Green Paper to record by default PIP assessments is that we will be able to provide better assurance that the assessments get these judgments right, particularly in the case of fluctuating conditions.