Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with epilepsy who have applied or been reassessed for personal independence payment in the last twelve months have received (a) daily living only, (b) mobility only and (c) both daily living and mobility.

Between 1^st November 2017 and 31^st October 2018, the last year for which data is available, 8,480 claimants with epilepsy were awarded Personal Independence Payment (PIP). Of these claimants, 540 received the daily living component only, 4,300 received the mobility component only and 3,640 received both the daily living and the mobility components.

1. Data shows the outcome of the first DWP decision on each claim (i.e. prior to any reconsideration, appeal action and award review), where that decision was made between 1^st November 2017 and 31st October 2018.
2. Data is based on primary disabling condition as recorded on the PIP computer systems. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which the decision is based but only the primary condition is shown in these statistics.
3. The disability subgroup of Epilepsy in the PIP Computer System includes Cataplexy, Generalised seizures (with status epilepticus in last 12 months), Generalised seizures (without status epilepticus in last 12 months), Narcolepsy, Partial seizures (with status epilepticus in last 12 months), Partial seizures (without status epilepticus in last 12 months) and Seizures - unclassified.
4. PIP data includes normal rules and special rules for the terminally ill claimants, and is for both new claims and DLA reassessment claims.
5. This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.
6. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 and may not total because of rounding.
7. Great Britain only.