United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 153302
Personal Independence Payment: Coronavirus
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11 February 2021
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22 February 2021 · Answer
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22 February 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of applying a backdated uplift to personal independence payment in line with the increase in universal credit to the start of the covid-19
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11 February 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of applying a backdated uplift to personal independence payment in line with the increase in universal credit to the start of the covid-19
Source: Commons
22 February 2021
Answer
Universal Credit is an income related benefit unlike the disability benefits such as Personal Independence Payment (PIP) which is an extra costs benefits. PIP is not means–tested, non-contributory and thus paid regardless of any income or savings. PIP is ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-02-11/153302
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1286439
- uk · wq-1286439 · source updated 22 February 2021