Personal Independence Payment: Parkinson's Disease
(asked on 27th October 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with Parkinson's disease receive personal independence payment at the (a) daily living standard, (b) daily living enhanced, (c) mobility standard and (d) mobility enhanced rate.
Figures show numbers of people in Great Britain in receipt of Personal Independence Payment as at 31st July 2016 who have either Parkinson’s disease or Parkinson's syndrome / Parkinsonism as their main disabling condition.
Parkinson’s disease
|
| Daily living |
|
|
|
| Enhanced | Standard | Nil |
| Enhanced | 1,511 | 143 | 13 |
Mobility | Standard | 662 | 444 | 56 |
| Nil | 416 | 899 |
|
Source: PIP Computer Systems
Parkinson's syndrome / Parkinsonism
|
| Daily living |
|
|
|
| Enhanced | Standard | Nil |
| Enhanced | 142 | 14 | - |
Mobility | Standard | 71 | 40 | 7 |
| Nil | 35 | 75 | - |
Source: PIP Computer Systems