| Heading: |
Personal Independence Payment: Neurodiversity |
| Question ID: |
1819870 |
| UIN: |
65180 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-04 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5128 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Phil Brickell
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| Asking Member handle: |
Phil_Brickell
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@Phil_Brickell
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of how a private diagnosis of (a) Autism and (b) ADHD in children will be taken into account in future PIP assessments when those children are adults. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-14 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
163 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Stephen Timms
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| Answering Member handle: |
stephenctimms
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@stephenctimms
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| Answer text: |
The Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment is based on the needs arising from a long-term health condition or disability, rather than focusing solely on the health condition itself. When making decisions on PIP, DWP case managers consider all avai... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |