Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants had active contracts with the Motability Scheme in (a) the East Midlands, (b) the West Midlands and (c) the East of England in March of each of the last five years up to 2025.
Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The information requested is provided in the table below as a snapshot of the PIP caseload with active Motability contracts in July of each of the last 5 years.
| Jul-21 | Jul-22 | Jul-23 | Jul-24 | Jul-25 |
North East | 21,500 | 22,400 | 25,100 | 30,300 | 34,500 |
North West | 58,800 | 61,300 | 68,900 | 83,900 | 96,400 |
Yorkshire and The Humber | 34,200 | 35,700 | 40,300 | 50,100 | 57,900 |
East Midlands | 34,400 | 36,100 | 40,400 | 48,400 | 54,600 |
West Midlands | 45,200 | 47,100 | 53,100 | 63,700 | 72,000 |
East of England | 30,300 | 32,000 | 36,600 | 45,000 | 52,600 |
London | 32,000 | 34,700 | 40,500 | 52,200 | 63,500 |
South East | 36,500 | 38,700 | 44,300 | 54,900 | 65,000 |
South West | 29,000 | 30,400 | 33,700 | 40,600 | 46,600 |
Wales | 34,000 | 35,200 | 38,700 | 45,200 | 50,300 |
Notes
- Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100.
- Figures include both Normal Rules and Special Rules for End of Life claimants.
- Yearly figures are a snapshot of the PIP caseload with an active Motability contract in July of each of the last 5 years.
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants had active contracts with the Motability Scheme in (a) the North East, (b) the North West and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber in March of each of the last five years up to 2025.
Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The information requested is provided in the table below as a snapshot of the PIP caseload with active Motability contracts in July of each of the last 5 years.
| Jul-21 | Jul-22 | Jul-23 | Jul-24 | Jul-25 |
North East | 21,500 | 22,400 | 25,100 | 30,300 | 34,500 |
North West | 58,800 | 61,300 | 68,900 | 83,900 | 96,400 |
Yorkshire and The Humber | 34,200 | 35,700 | 40,300 | 50,100 | 57,900 |
East Midlands | 34,400 | 36,100 | 40,400 | 48,400 | 54,600 |
West Midlands | 45,200 | 47,100 | 53,100 | 63,700 | 72,000 |
East of England | 30,300 | 32,000 | 36,600 | 45,000 | 52,600 |
London | 32,000 | 34,700 | 40,500 | 52,200 | 63,500 |
South East | 36,500 | 38,700 | 44,300 | 54,900 | 65,000 |
South West | 29,000 | 30,400 | 33,700 | 40,600 | 46,600 |
Wales | 34,000 | 35,200 | 38,700 | 45,200 | 50,300 |
Notes
- Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100.
- Figures include both Normal Rules and Special Rules for End of Life claimants.
- Yearly figures are a snapshot of the PIP caseload with an active Motability contract in July of each of the last 5 years.
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants had active contracts with the Motability Scheme in (a) London, (b) the South East, (c) the South West and (d) Wales in March of each of the last five years up to 2025.
Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The information requested is provided in the table below as a snapshot of the PIP caseload with active Motability contracts in July of each of the last 5 years.
| Jul-21 | Jul-22 | Jul-23 | Jul-24 | Jul-25 |
North East | 21,500 | 22,400 | 25,100 | 30,300 | 34,500 |
North West | 58,800 | 61,300 | 68,900 | 83,900 | 96,400 |
Yorkshire and The Humber | 34,200 | 35,700 | 40,300 | 50,100 | 57,900 |
East Midlands | 34,400 | 36,100 | 40,400 | 48,400 | 54,600 |
West Midlands | 45,200 | 47,100 | 53,100 | 63,700 | 72,000 |
East of England | 30,300 | 32,000 | 36,600 | 45,000 | 52,600 |
London | 32,000 | 34,700 | 40,500 | 52,200 | 63,500 |
South East | 36,500 | 38,700 | 44,300 | 54,900 | 65,000 |
South West | 29,000 | 30,400 | 33,700 | 40,600 | 46,600 |
Wales | 34,000 | 35,200 | 38,700 | 45,200 | 50,300 |
Notes
- Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100.
- Figures include both Normal Rules and Special Rules for End of Life claimants.
- Yearly figures are a snapshot of the PIP caseload with an active Motability contract in July of each of the last 5 years.
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) Equality Impact Assessments and (b) equality screenings have been produced by his Department in the last three months.
Answered by Andrew Western - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
The information requested is not held centrally and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department did not retain employment following the completion of their probationary period in the last 12 months.
Answered by Andrew Western - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
The information requested is not held centrally and due to the additional activity that would be required to provide it, would incur disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department had their probationary period extended in the last 12 months.
Answered by Andrew Western - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
The information requested is not held centrally and due to the additional activity that would be required to provide it, would incur disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the annual budget was for the (a) Pensions Regulator and (b) Health and Safety Executive in each year since 2005.
Answered by Torsten Bell - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
Both the Health and Safety Executive and the Pensions Regulator are funded from a mix of sources. These include direct government funding, levies on industry (in the case of the Pensions Regulator) and from charging or cost recoveries.
The full spend, and financial breakdowns, for these bodies by year can be found in their respective Annual Report and Accounts. This information is available in the public domain via The Pensions Regulator and Health and Safety Executive respective ARAs. They can be found using the following links:
The Pensions Regulator (see Financial Review sections)
HSE Annual Reports and Accounts (see statement of Cashflows section)
[ARCHIVED CONTENT] Reports produced by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were employed by the (a) Pensions Regulator and (b) Health and Safety Executive in each year since 2005.
Answered by Torsten Bell - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
The Pensions Regulator and Health and Safety Executive are directly accountable to Parliament. The information requested is published in their respective annual report and accounts, which are laid before the House of Commons and publicly available.
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department are recorded as having a (a) mental health condition and (b) physical disability by grade.
Answered by Andrew Western - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
DWP does not require staff to declare whether they have a disability. When a disability is declared, they are not required to give details. Any details that are given are in a free text box where multiple conditions could be shared. Therefore, the data is not broken down any further than declaration of a disability and obtaining this breakdown would incur significant cost.
Information on the number of people declaring a disability by each government department are published annually as part of Civil Service Statistics 2025, an accredited official statistics publication. Latest published data are as at 31 March 2025 and can be found at Table 29 of the statistical tables at the following web address:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-service-statistics-2025
Information for 31 March 2026 is due for publication in July 2026.
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many performance reviews were undertaken for staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years; in how many such cases performance was rated as unsatisfactory or below; how many staff left as a result of such a rating; and what proportion of full-time equivalent staff this represented.
Answered by Andrew Western - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
DWPs performance management policy utilises a team-based approach. The policy requires the performance of every employee to be robustly assessed on an ongoing basis. However, the approach, and these reviews do not involve employees below the Senior Civil Service being assigned a rating. Consequently, we are unable to provide data on employees rated as either satisfactory or unsatisfactory performers, nor how many staff left as a result of such a rating.