Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of personal independence payments on retention of employment among people with a learning disability.

This is being considered in response to the recommendation outlined in the Second Independent Review of the PIP Assessment, which asked the Government to explore ways in which PIP may be an enabler in improving employment retention. However, the effect on claimants with specific conditions such as learning disabilities has not been explored as PIP is not awarded by health condition, but because of the way it impacts the claimant’s ability to live an independent life.