Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people in poverty who will lose financial support as a result of her Department's proposed changes to the eligibility criteria for Personal Independence Payment.

The government's impact assessment regarding Health and Disability Reform is available at Spring Statement 2025 health and disability benefit reforms - Impacts. This includes estimated impacts of the proposed changes to Personal Independence Payment entitlement rules on the number of people in poverty. However, it does not have estimated impacts regarding those already in poverty.

The Pathways to Work Green Paper set out a broad package of plans and proposals to reform health and disability benefits and employment support. Our plans are designed to protect the most vulnerable and give disabled people equal chances and choices to work.

We will continue to carefully consider the impacts of reforms as we develop our detailed proposals for change.