Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 48775

Personal Independence Payment

Tabled: 28 April 2025
Answered: 1 May 2025
Named Day

Question

Yuan Yang

LabourEarley and Woodley

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2025 to Question 45355 on Personal Independence Payment, if she will make an assessment of the (a) causes of the increase in claims for PIP to include (i) health relat

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The number of new claims registered for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) increased from around 41,000 a month in 2019 to 74,000 a month in 2024.The number of economically inactive people who cite long-term sickness or disability as their main reason fo...

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