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Social Security Benefits: Disability

Asked by Sir Mel StrideConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 4 September 2025UIN 73995

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of levels of annually managed expenditure savings due to planned increases in the proportion of face to face (a) PIP and (b) Work Capability Assessments in each of the next fi

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

The department has not yet made an estimate of the impact on Annually Managed Expenditure of the planned increases in the proportion of face-to-face assessments for PIP and Work Capability Assessments.

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