Statistics on Personal Independence Payment new claims and
Disability Living Allowance claim reassessments.
Contents
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Latest release
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Related publications
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Ad hoc analyses,
statistics and management information
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Previous releases
Personal Independence
Payment (PIP) is replacing
Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for eligible working
age people aged 16 to 64.
PIP quarterly
official statistics cover:
- claimants entitled to PIP (caseload)
- registrations
- clearances & awards including award types & review
periods
- award review and change of circumstance registrations and
clearances
- mandatory reconsiderations
- average clearance times and average outstanding times
- mandatory reconsideration clearance times
PIP quarterly
experimental statistics cover:
- customer journey statistics (tracking of initial decisions
following a PIPassessment through to
MR and appeal)
The latest annual statistics on the outcomes of DLA to PIP reassessments can be
found in Stat-Xplore.
From the September 2022 release onwards, the following changes
have been made to reflect the change in Scotland from
PIP to Adult
Disability Payment:
- commentary in the main body of this release focusses on
statistics for England & Wales, with a new separate section
covering Scotland.
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Stat-Xplore continues to
hold figures for Scotland alongside England & Wales. A new
high level geography breakdown has been added to allow users to
easily select people with “DWP policy ownership”
(England, Wales, plus abroad/unknown cases) or “Policy devolved
to Scotland” (those residing in Scotland but with their
PIP claim
still administered by DWP). Footnotes have
been added to alert users to the changes in Scotland.
- static tables published as ODS/Excel files have been split to
give an England & Wales version and a Scotland version.
This approach allows users to access statistics for all
PIP cases
administered by DWP, but focuses
commentary on trends affecting cases in England and Wales, while
also showing the depleting caseload in Scotland.
Statistics are broken down by:
- new claims and DLA reassessment claims
- normal rules and special rules for terminally ill people
- age and gender (including State Pension Age marker)
- geographical region, local authority area and parliamentary
constituency
Additional breakdowns for some series include:
- mobility and daily living award level
- main disability category/sub-group/detailed disability
condition
- International Classification of Diseases (ICD) disease
code (summary group)
- claim duration
- clearance type
- award type and review periods
- average amounts of money received as a PIP award
Find future release dates in the statistics calendar
and more about DWPstatistics on the
Statistics at DWP page.
Read the Personal Independence Payment
guidance for information about PIP, including how to
claim PIP or
report a change of circumstances.
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