A member of the Government has addressed public fears that Personal Independent Payments (PIP) could become linked to Uniservial Credit and means-tested. Concerns have been raised by a minister after the Government published its Health and Disability White Paper.
The paper laid out proposed reforms to the benefits system, which included proposed changes such as a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) plan to scrap the Work Capability Assessment (WCA). It is though this would encourage people who need to claim benefits back into work, reports LancsLive.
This would mean that instead of undergoing a WCA, the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment would be the only one used to decide whether a person will receive the new Universal Credit health element. With people unsure about what else could change, Minister for Disabled People Tom Pursglove MP has confirmed that “PIP will not be means-tested” and will stay separate from Universal Credit.
