Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer 1 February 2019 to Question 209777 on Personal Independence Payment, what the medical conditions were of personal independence payment claimants who applied under normal rules and died after registering but prior to her Department making a decision on their claim.

Over 3.5 million applications to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) were made under Normal Rules between April 2013 and 30^th April 2018. Of these claimants, 11,790 died after registering but prior to the DWP making a decision on their claim.

The table below shows the high level category of the main disabling condition, where one is available, of the 11,790 Normal Rules claimants who died after registration but before clearance. The Department only records a claimant’s disability at assessment so does not hold this information where a claimant was disallowed prior to attending an assessment.

The cause of death of claimants to PIP is not collated centrally by the Department and the recorded disabling condition may not have been the cause of death of the claimant.

Source: PIP ADS

Notes:

• These figures include new claims and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to PIP reassessment claims.
• Data is based on primary disabling condition as recorded on the PIP and DLA 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.
• SRTI indicator is taken at the point of registration. It is possible for claims to transition between normal rules and special rules for terminally ill people during the claimant journey.
• The point of application is taken as the day the claimant registered a claim to PIP as recorded on the PIP computer system.
• This is unpublished data from the PIP computer system’s (PIP CS) management information. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.
• Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
• ‘#’ indicates were fewer than 5 cases.
• Figures cover claims made up to and including 30^th April 2018.
• GB only.

Under the Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 2012 and s125 of Social Security Administration Act 1992 date of death is provided to the Department for all registered deaths. Additionally, next of kin also provide information on the date of death of an individual and this information is used appropriately in the administration of Departmental benefits.