Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for (a) personal independence payment and (b) employment and support allowance where Endometriosis was referenced in the application were (a) made and (b) awarded in each of the last three years.

In response to question a) on Personal Independence Payment (PIP), in the application process, claimants’ main disabling condition is only recorded for collation by the Department at assessment. It is not recorded at the point of application. The Department does not therefore hold data on the number of applicants to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) with a main disabling condition of Endometriosis.

In response to question b) on PIP, the number of awards for claimants with Endometriosis as the main disabling condition for the last 3 years are included in the table below:

Table 1: PIP Awards for claimants with Endometriosis as the main disabling condition for the past 3 years:

* Only includes data up to 31^st July 2018.

Notes:

• The PIP Assessment outcome in Table 1 shows the outcome of the first DWP decision on each Assessment (i.e. prior to any reconsideration, appeal action and award review), where that decision was made between 1st January 2016 and 31st July 2018.
• 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 main disabling condition is shown in these statistics.
• PIP data includes normal rules and special rules for the terminally ill claimants, and is for both new claims and DLA reassessment claims.
• This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.
• Data taken from the PIP computer system’s management information.
• Data has been rounded to the nearest 10.
• # indicates a value of less than 10.
• Statistical disclosure control has been applied to this table to avoid the release of confidential data. Totals may not sum due to the disclosure control applied.
• Figures are for Great Britain only.
• Figures are correct as at 31^st July 2018.

In response to questions a) and b) on Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), the information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost