Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many recipients of personal independence payment made their first claim over the age of 60 in (1) 2020, (2) 2021, (3) 2022, (4) 2023, (5) 2024.

The volume of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) recipients in each specified year who made their first successful claim over the age of 60 is shown in the table below.

Table 1: Volume of claimants aged over 60 who made a successful PIP claim for the very first time by year

Notes:

- Values have been rounded to the nearest 10.

- Values are for claimants under DWP Policy Ownership only (England, Wales or Abroad).

- Data is provided in calendar years, starting on 1st January and ending on 31st December.

- Data only includes claimants aged 61 and above.

- Claimants included in the table are those receiving PIP for the very first time. Claimants who have received PIP in the past and have rejoined after turning 61 have not been included.