Personal Independence Payment
(asked on 1st September 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people stopped receiving the Personal Independence Payment in each month between April 2022 and August 2023.
Data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) cases after April 2023 cannot be shared as the information is intended for publication at a future date. The department does not make any indication of the statistics public ahead of release.
Table (a) below shows the number of people who stopped receiving PIP in each given month from April 2022 to April 2023.
Table (a) – people who stopped receiving PIP by month
Month | Volume |
Apr-22 | 12,000 |
May-22 | 11,000 |
Jun-22 | 11,000 |
Jul-22 | 12,000 |
Aug-22 | 11,000 |
Sep-22 | 11,000 |
Oct-22 | 12,000 |
Nov-22 | 12,000 |
Dec-22 | 12,000 |
Jan-23 | 13,000 |
Feb-23 | 12,000 |
Mar-23 | 17,000 |
Apr-23 | 17,000 |
Source: PIP Atomic Data Store (ADS)
Notes:
- This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and may be subject to future revision;
- Figures are for England and Wales only;
- Figures are rounded to the nearest 1000;
- Claims are classed as ceased where they were on the caseload on the last day of the previous month but are not on the caseload at the end of the stated month;
- These data include claimants whose claim ceased as the result of an Award Review, Change of Circumstances or the claimant’s death as well as for other reasons. Claimants may see their PIP claim reinstated at a later date as a result of a mandatory reconsideration or appeal;
- PIP data includes claimants awarded both under normal rules and special rules for terminally ill claimants;
- Claimants receiving PIP include those whose claims are in payment and those whose payment is suspended or part-suspended.