Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the effect of the changes brought forward in the Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Amendment Regulations 2017 on the number of people receiving the enhanced mobility rate of personal independence payment who will (a) move to the standard rate following their next reassessment and (b) not be entitled to the mobility rate following their next reassessment; and how many people receiving the standard mobility rate of personal independence payment will not be entitled to the mobility rate following their next reassessment.

Recent changes to the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) regulations clarify the original criteria used to decide how much benefit claimants receive. This is not a policy change, nor is it intended to make new savings. It will not result in any claimants, regardless of their health condition, seeing a reduction in the amount of PIP previously awarded by DWP.