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Personal Independence Payment: Terminal Illnesses

Asked by Euan StainbankLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 29 April 2026UIN 127999

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many current Personal Independence Payment recipients that have been assessed at a Personal Independence Payment assessment as having a terminal condition are in receipt of a fixed-term award; and what is the average length of these fixed-term awards.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

I refer the Rt Hon member to my previous answers.

For Question UIN 127998, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 23 April 2026 to Question UIN 126117.

For Question UIN 127999, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 28 April 2026 to Question UIN 126116.

For Question UIN 128000, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 21 April 2026 to Question UIN 126114.

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