Anyone with experience of the Personal Independence Payment system is invited to have their say.
Personal Independence Payment could be “replaced” as a consultation begins on a new Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) benefit.
Anyone with experience of the Personal Independence Payment system is invited to have their say.
The Commission on Social Security has announced that it is launching a consultation to introduce a new ‘Additional Costs Disability Payment’ in place of PIP.
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proposed Additional Costs Disability Payment aims to provide fair, dignified, and holistic support to Disabled people, addressing the additional costs and systemic barriers that they face and ensure it reflects the needs and realities of those it seeks to support.
It is inviting individuals, organisations, and groups to take part in this consultation. “Whether you are directly affected by social security, a representative of a user-led or civil society organisation, or simply someone with a perspective to share, we want to hear from you,” it said.
The consultation covers key areas such as eligibility criteria, assessment processes, and the structure of advocacy and support services. It also explains some of the wider systemic changes the DWP might need to see to make the new system a reality.
The consultation will end at midnight, Friday 14 March 2025. Ken Butler DR UK’s Welfare Rights and Policy Adviser said in a statement: “DR UK would encourage Disabled people and their organisations to take part in the Commission’s survey.
“It’s a very welcome and timely antidote the DWP’s forthcoming Green Paper aimed a making £3 billion of cuts to disability and health benefits expenditure.
“As the Commission says, the results of the consultation can be a building block to secure “fair, dignified, and holistic support” to Disabled people, addressing the additional costs and systemic barriers that they face and ensure it reflects the needs and realities of those it seeks to support.”
Funded by the Trust for London, the Commission says it is run by “experts with lived experience of the UK social security system.” It has been working on proposals to improve the UK benefit system since 2018, and is now running the new consultation after a hiatus in 2023/24.
They said: “Like the rest of the Commission’s work, we are putting forward proposals for a reimagined social security system that is designed by and works for those of who rely on it. It would be vastly different to the current system.”