Personal Independence Payment: Wales

(asked on 15th March 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Wales and (b) each postcode area in Wales will see a reduction in their personal independence payments as a result of changes to the assessment criteria announced on 11 March 2016.


Answered by
Justin Tomlinson Portrait
Justin Tomlinson
This question was answered on 23rd March 2016

As confirmed by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State in his statement to the House on 21 March, the proposed changes to PIP will not be going ahead.

We spend around £50bn every year on benefits alone to support people with disabilities or health conditions, with spending on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) having increased by more than £3 billion since 2010. The government is committed to talking to disabled people, their representatives, healthcare professionals and employers to ensure the welfare system works better with the health and social care systems and provides help and support to those who need it most.

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