Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 30 May 2023 to Question 186109 on Personal Independence Payment: Disability Aids, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of using fidget toys as an aid to support each of the Personal Independence Payment Daily Living Activities.

Aids and appliances are devices which improve, provide, or replace, the claimant’s impaired physical or mental function. For the purpose of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment, aids and appliances may be everyday objects, but whether they are considered as aids in any particular case depends on how the claimant uses the object compared to how (if at all) it might typically be used by someone with no relevant impairment. It is therefore not possible to compile a list of aids and appliances that are recognised for PIP claimants.