Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are in receipt of disability payments; and what the annual cost to the public purse is of these payments.

The number of claimants who received Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in each month, up to and including October 2022, is published and can be found on Stat-Xplore. The number of claimants who received Attendance Allowance (AA) and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) in each month, up to and including August 2022, is also published on Stat-Xplore. Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here. An account is not required to use Stat-Xplore, the ‘Guest Login’ feature gives instant access to the main functions.

Annual expenditure data for AA, DLA and PIP is published and can be found in the ‘Disability benefits’ sheet within the Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2022 - GOV.UK (www.GOV.UK) for years up to 2021/22. Data for 2022/23 will be published in due course.

The Scottish Government took on responsibility for disability benefits in Scotland from 2020/21, so expenditure data for Scotland only covers years up to 2019/20. Information on expenditure in Scotland from 2020/21 is the responsibility of the Scottish Government.