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Habitual Residence Test

Asked by Neil O'BrienConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 27 March 2025UIN 40566

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of (a) personal independence payments and (b) disability living allowance payments to households containing at least one claimant that passed

Answered by Andrew Western

The Department has no current plans to make such an estimate.

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