Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department's guidance for assessors and decision-makers in relation to personal independence payment mobility activity 1 which reflecting regulations which the High Court has found to be ultra vires and to discriminate against claimants who cannot plan or follow a journey because they experience overwhelming psychological distress is still in use; and when it is planned for that guidance to be withdrawn and new guidance issued.

For information on the indicative timescales of the MH judgment implementation, I refer the Hon. Member to a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document that the Secretary of State has laid in the House Library (Deposit reference: DEP2018-0345). As outlined in that document, the Department is working at pace to engage with stakeholders to make the necessary guidance changes effectively and safely.