Social Security Benefits

(asked on 30th January 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with conditions that cause short stature have had their mobility payments withdrawn after their transition from disability living allowance to personal independence payments.


Answered by
Penny Mordaunt Portrait
Penny Mordaunt
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
This question was answered on 6th February 2017

The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

It is important to bear in mind that Personal Independence Payment is not assessed on the basis of an individual's long term disability or condition based, rather it is based on the needs arising because of the disability or condition.

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