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Personal Independence Payment: Reform

Asked by Paula BarkerLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 1 April 2025UIN 41136

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's proposed social security reforms to PIP on trends in the levels of child poverty.

Answered by Alison McGovern

The government's impact assessment regarding Health and Disability Reform is available at Spring Statement 2025 health and disability benefit reforms - Impacts.

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