Apr. 16 2025
Source Page: Social Security Scotland and Secretary of State (DWP) information sharing agreements: FOI releaseFound: (ADP), facilitate the transfer of existing Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Disability Living
Asked by: Lord McCabe (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will introduce a marker to enable the collection of data on the number of veterans that are claiming Personal Independence Payments.
Answered by Mims Davies - Shadow Minister (Women)
We have no immediate plans to introduce such a marker. Where a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimant is a veteran, then relevant information on the functional impact of their medical condition will be gathered as part of the claiming process, either through the medical assessment, or by the DWP decision maker.
PIP is based on the needs of the individual and current or previous occupation is unrelated to entitlement.
Found: Nicoletta Primo, Sight Scotland and Sight Scotland Veterans 16.
Nov. 29 2024
Source Page: Independent Review of Adult Disability Payment (ADP): call for evidence and consultation analysisFound: Adult Disability Payment has replaced Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for disabled people of working
Asked by: Helen Maguire (Liberal Democrat - Epsom and Ewell)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on ensuring that veterans with service-related (a) injuries and (b) mental health conditions are not disadvantaged by changes to PIP eligibility criteria.
Answered by Al Carns - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans)
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are the lead Department regarding welfare reform. DWP and Ministry of Defence (MOD) officials continue to work closely to ensure that where DWP benefits interface with the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pension Scheme, they are taken into consideration as work on welfare reform continues.
The Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper was published on 18 March 2025. This consultation sets out our vision, strategy, and proposals to reform health and disability benefits and employment support. It builds upon the foundations laid by the Get Britain Working White Paper in November 2024 and marks an important staging post in our journey of reform.
The Government is committed to ensuring that the views and voices of disabled people, people with health conditions, and veterans are at the heart of everything we do.
The Government recognises that service-related mental health conditions can differ significantly in presentation and impact from civilian experiences. It is essential that any future processes for assessment and support reflect that distinction and provide compassionate, informed, and appropriate care for veterans. We strongly encourage veterans and support organisations to engage with the consultation, so their voices are clearly heard.
Veterans who are resident in England can access specialist care for physical and mental health conditions via Op RESTORE and Op COURAGE respectively. Alternative provision is available in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as responsibility for health is devolved. Veterans UK, which is part of the Ministry of Defence, provides free support for veterans and their families, including a helpline, Veterans Welfare Service, Defence Transition Services and injury/bereavement compensation scheme payments.
I am committed to working together with colleagues in the DWP to ensure that our reforms result in a system that is fair, supportive, and responsive to the real needs of veterans.
May. 08 2025
Source Page: Scottish Discretionary Housing Payments guidance manualFound: Adult Disability Payment, Child Disability Payment, Disability Living Allowance or Personal Independence
Mentions:
1: Seamus Logan (SNP - Aberdeenshire North and Moray East) As temperatures drop below freezing and millions of pensioners struggle without the winter fuel payment - Speech Link
2: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) We are powering forward to clean power by 2030, which will not just achieve independence, particularly - Speech Link
3: Abtisam Mohamed (Lab - Sheffield Central) I thank the Prime Minister for his personal involvement in ensuring that this would happen. - Speech Link
4: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) I thank and pay tribute to her for her personal work on that issue, on which she has been pressing for - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) Regulations 2024.Tuesday 10 September—Debate on a motion relating to the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment - Speech Link
2: Chris Philp (Con - Croydon South) My constituents are desperate with worry about Labour’s planned removal of the winter fuel payment from - Speech Link
3: Shaun Davies (Lab - Telford) Can we have a debate in Government time on veterans affairs? - Speech Link
4: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) We support young people being able to get the independence that they need through driving. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Jen Craft (Lab - Thurrock) this important and timely debate.As a disabled woman and mother to a disabled daughter, I feel real personal - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) We need to think about our veterans, some of whom have lost limbs, whether legs or arms, or have had - Speech Link
3: Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) Member for Battersea, who I regard as a personal friend. - Speech Link
4: Olly Glover (LD - Didcot and Wantage) We would like work capability assessments to be brought in-house and personal independence payment assessments - Speech Link
Mar. 10 2025
Source Page: Student finance application forms and notes for continuing 2025 to 2026 full-time studentsFound: You are entitled to a Personal Independence Payment (PIP), or You are entitled to Disability Living