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Employment: Disability

Asked by Seamus LoganScottish National PartyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 31 March 2025UIN 41665

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of proposed reforms to the personal independence payment on the employment (a) rights of and (b) obligations of employers to disable

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

PIP is a non-means tested benefit that can be paid to those in or out of work, it therefore does not directly link with employment rights.

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