Personal Independence Payment: Pensioners
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether proposed changes to PIP will include people of pensionable age.
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms
We have committed to introduce a new requirement that, in addition to the existing eligibility criteria, claimants must score a minimum of four points in at least one daily living activity to be eligible for the daily living component of Personal Independence Payment. Our intention is that – subject to parliamentary approval – the changes will apply to new claims and award reviews from November 2026, only if they score fewer than 4 points in one category in their reassessment by a trained assessor or healthcare professional.
In keeping with existing policy, people over state pension age are not routinely fully reviewed and will not be affected by these changes.
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