Petition · past parliament

Stop the Government restricting/changing Personal Independence Payments Awards.

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

Stop the Government restricting/changing Personal Independence Payments Awards Criteria for people who need support due to Illness/Disability.
Stop the downgrading of points because of the use of disability aids for everyday activities.
Stop the new re-evaluation of points .
Please support the petition to stop the Government restricting/changing Personal Independence Payments Awards for people who need support due to illness or disability.
Stop the downgrading of points based on the need of Disability Aids for everyday activities & the new re-evaluation of points.
Which means Disabled People with true difficulties & provisional needs will be missed & could result in the loss of caregiver support/provision as they would no longer meet care component criteria.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

16 Mar 2016 Petition opened for signatures
17 Mar 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19
Status Rejected
Rejected 17 Mar 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.