Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the people who are eligible for personal independence payments are aware of and able to access those payments.

Information about Personal Independence Payments (PIP) is available on the GOV.UK internet site and on all the main disability organisations’ websites. We work closely with organisations through our partnership managers and national forums to raise awareness and understanding about the benefit, and to take feedback on how we can improve the information we provide. We also update professional bodies and associations covering hospitals, GP surgeries and local authorities on developments about PIP.

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is ending for people who were born after 8 April 1948 and are 16 or over. For customers who are currently receiving DLA, the annual DLA uprating notice has contained information about PIP since 2014 onwards, including that DWP will write to them to tell them when their DLA will end and to invite them to claim PIP. A leaflet about DLA ending is freely available for, and promoted to, disability and support organisations.