Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to ensure that a person with Parkinson's disease and undertaking voluntary work will not be disadvantaged (a) when applying for or (b) if they are already in receipt of personal independence payments.

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a non-means tested disability benefit that is available to claimants regardless of the employment status of the claimant. Since the Second Independent Review of PIP was published, we have ensured that PIP claimants are not disadvantaged by their employment status by revisiting our current guidance and have reiterated this message to our assessment providers.

We have also used our communication channels to assure claimants that their employment status does not matter when claiming PIP. We will also be re-emphasising this message to claimants through a series of PIP videos which will be released shortly.