Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 34910
Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness
Tabled: 3 March 2025
Answered: 10 March 2025
Question
Helen Whately
Conservative — Faversham and Mid Kent
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Personal Independence Payment claims for mental health conditions over the next three years.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsThe Department does not forecast benefit claims by health condition, though it is implicitly assumed that the mix of conditions follows recent trends.