When will existing claimants of PIP who are above State Pension age receive an ongoing award with light touch 10 year review?

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Dear Department for Work and Pensions,

In a GOV.UK press release of 29 May 2019 Press release entitled
"Unnecessary disability reassessments for disabled pensioners to be phased out.
The first step in scrapping unnecessary reassessments for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for pensioners starts on Friday (31 May).
Minister for Disabled People Justin Tomlinson said: We are determined to improve our support for disabled people, and stopping needless PIP reviews for pensioners is the right thing to do.
This step means new claimants to PIP who reach State Pension age before their review is due won’t have one unless they tell us their needs have changed, and the next step is to bring this in for all pensioners.
Applying this change to new claimants is the first step and it will be extended to existing PIP claimants above State Pension age in the coming months."

Please provide any documentation or information that indicates when this extension to existing pensioner PIP claimants will take place.

Yours faithfully,

CYNTHIA BROOK

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