Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with motor neurone disease awarded personal independence payments in 2016-17 were granted an ongoing award with a light-touch review after 10 years by (a) mobility and daily living components and (b) standard and enhanced awards.

The table below shows the number of Motor Neurone Disease (MND) claimants who were awarded Personal Independence Payment (PIP) between 6th April 2016 and 5^th April 2017 with a 10 year review split by Mobility and Daily Living components of PIP.

Table: PIP Daily living and Mobility component awards made between 6^th April 2016 and 5^th April 2017 for MND claimants with a “light-touch” review after 10 years.

Source: PIP ADS

Figures are based on the first outcome recorded for each case and include both new claims and DLA reassessment claims assessed under normal rules. Data has been rounded to the nearest 10 cases; totals less than 5 but greater than 0 are indicated by “#”. This is unpublished data and it should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision. Data is based on main disabling condition as recorded on the PIP computer system. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which the decision is based but only the primary condition is shown in these statistics.