Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of PIP recipients are in employment in Hartlepool.

At the end of March 2024, 14% of PIP recipients in Hartlepool were in employment.

Notes:

- HMRC data is used to determine whether a claimant was in employment. HMRC data covers up to the end of the tax year 2023/24, therefore March 2024 has been provided as the latest data available.

- Self-employment data from the financial year 2023/24 is not available until the end of the 2024/25 financial year, so self-employment data for the financial year 2022/23 has been used as a proxy for 2023/24 instead.

- The data provided includes both normal rules and special rules for end of life claimants.