Work and Pensions Select Committee: Personal Independence Payments

Collected tweets highlighting the things that stood out to me during the select committee. Please refer to the Hansard record for accurate quotes once it is available.

Storified by Tentacle Sixteen · Mon, Jan 21 2013 12:32:12

Work And Pensions Committee starting now. http://bit.ly/Ta3z6E

— Tentacle Sixteen · Mon, Jan 21 2013 08:38:42

McVey: "Let me put PIP into context... the need for change... so that everyone knows their eligibility."

— Tentacle Sixteen · Mon, Jan 21 2013 08:42:34

Mcvey: "DLA has grown by 40% in ten years and was not sustainable."

— Tentacle Sixteen · Mon, Jan 21 2013 08:42:58

Mcvey talking about reducing growth.

— Tentacle Sixteen · Mon, Jan 21 2013 08:43:40

Anne Begg: "One of the reasons for introducing #PIP was to get the numbers down."

— Tentacle Sixteen · Mon, Jan 21 2013 08:44:38

Anne Begg: "Almost a million who would get DLA in 2018 won't get #PIP and of those who will about a half million will get a lesser award."

— Tentacle Sixteen · Mon, Jan 21 2013 08:45:20

Begg: "2 out of 3 projected to be on DLA in 2018 will lose either some or all of their benefit. Would you agree?" #pip

— Tentacle Sixteen · Mon, Jan 21 2013 08:45:59

Mcvey: "Some won't get awards, but what we said we'll do is focus attention on those who need it most." #pip

— Tentacle Sixteen · Mon, Jan 21 2013 08:46:42

Mcvey: "There's always been people who never knew whether they were entitled... we will give real clarity on who will get [PIP]" #pip

— Tentacle Sixteen · Mon, Jan 21 2013 08:48:47

[The clarity is that if you're not certain then you won't get it.] #pip

— Tentacle Sixteen · Mon, Jan 21 2013 08:49:05

Mcvey: "The 2018 numbers aren't a hypothetical argument. I am dealing with the numbers we have modeled." [!] #pip

— Tentacle Sixteen · Mon, Jan 21 2013 08:50:10

Predictions and models are not the actual results! @EstherMcVeyMP #pip

— Tentacle Sixteen · Mon, Jan 21 2013 08:50:44

McVey repeatedly insisting that the predicted models are not hypothetical. McVey does not understand statistics. #pip

— Tentacle Sixteen · Mon, Jan 21 2013 08:51:56

RT @gwenhwyfaer: by 2025, they'll be holding up the 3 people still eligible for PIP and saying "we're protecting the most vulnerable!"

— Tentacle Sixteen · Mon, Jan 21 2013 08:52:40

Hmmmm, @latentexistence prior to #wrb, the line was "no one in need of support will see their support cut." Very different tune now.

— Dino Goldie · Mon, Jan 21 2013 08:50:10

Whatever McVey just said was completely circular argument that I can't explain. #pip

— Tentacle Sixteen · Mon, Jan 21 2013 08:53:34

@latentexistence her own figures are confusing her never mind the committee #PIP

— Rosemary · Mon, Jan 21 2013 08:53:51

DWP guy 1: "We don't believe we're placing an aditional burden on local authorities." #pip

— Tentacle Sixteen · Mon, Jan 21 2013 08:55:03

DWP guy 1: "I think the govt's decision to take a gradual migration gives us longer to ensure our changes have the impact we expect" #pip

— Tentacle Sixteen · Mon, Jan 21 2013 08:55:50

Translation: longer time is longer! Wibble! #pip

— Tentacle Sixteen · Mon, Jan 21 2013 08:56:02