Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 21 May 2024.
Ruth Cadbury
Shadow Minister (Justice)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the financial impact on people whose PIP payments have been paused as a result of them being in hospital for more than 28 days.
Mims Davies
The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions
We have no current plans of carrying out an assessment of the financial impact of those who have been in hospital for over 28 days.
Where an adult age 18 or over is maintained free of charge while undergoing medical or other treatment as an in-patient in a hospital or similar institution funded by the NHS, payment of (but not entitlement to) Personal Independence Payment (PIP) ceases after 28 days. This is on the basis that the NHS is responsible for not only the person’s medical care but also the entirety of their disability-related extra costs and to pay PIP in addition would be a duplication of public funds intended for the same purpose. Once someone is discharged from hospital, payment of PIP recommences from the date of discharge.
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