Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to increase Personal Independence Payments and other associated benefits in line with inflation.

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is required to undertake an annual statutory review of benefits and pensions. She uses the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) in the year to September to measure inflation.

Personal Independence Payment (PIP), alongside the other extra costs benefits available to people who have needs arising from a long-term health condition or disability – Attendance Allowance (AA) and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) – has been continuously updated in line with inflation since its introduction.

The Secretary of State’s review for 2023/24 will commence in the autumn and her decisions will be announced to Parliament in November in the normal way.

Those who were entitled to AA, DLA or PIP and being paid on 25 May will also be entitled to a disability Cost of Living Payment of £150, due to be paid in September, in addition to any other Cost of Living Payments they may be entitled to.