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Personal Independence Payment: Myasthenia Gravis |
| Question ID: |
1792399 |
| UIN: |
HL6549 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-03 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4581 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Caine
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Caine
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what criteria are applied when assessing levels of personal independence payment awarded to those suffering from myasthenia gravis resulting in severe mobility impairment. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-12 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4147 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Sherlock
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| Answering Member handle: |
MaeveSherlock
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@MaeveSherlock
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| Answer text: |
Personal Independence Payment provides support based on the needs arising from a health condition or disability. Individuals can be impacted by their health conditions in different ways, so the assessment considers the effect on a person’s day to day life... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |