A question on #PersonalIndependencePaymentAndUniversalCredit tabled by Damian Hinds on 09-07-2025 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms.

Heading: Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit
Question ID: 1821183
UIN: 66137
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-07-09
Asking Member ID: 3969
Asking Member display name: Damian Hinds
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Damian Hinds
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7July to Question 63294 on Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit, whether projections of the number of claims for (a) PIP and (b) health components of Universal Cr
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Date answered: 2025-07-17
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Answering Member ID: 163
Answering Member display name: Sir Stephen Timms
Answering Member handle: stephenctimms
Answering Member Twitter reference: @stephenctimms
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Answer text: DWP produces forecasts of benefit payments based on DWP assumptions agreed by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), alongside economic determinants, judgments and assumptions provided by the OBR. The number of PIP claimants is forecast by considerin...
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Answering body ID: 29
Answering body name: Department for Work and Pensions
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