Personal Independence Payment

(asked on 2nd March 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, with reference to the daily living activity 3 of the Personal Independence Payment assessment, how many people have scored points on descriptors c, d, e or f for (1) new claims, and (2) Disability Living Allowance reassessments, (a) before, and (b) since, November 2016.


Answered by
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Lord Henley
This question was answered on 14th March 2017

The table below give statistics on the number of people who scored on descriptors c, d, e or f on Activity 3 of their assessment for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for both new claimants and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) reassessments from April 2013 to 8th September 2016.

Table 1 – Number of PIP claimants who scored on descriptor c, d, e or f on Activity 3 of their PIP assessment

Number scoring c, d, e or f on Activity 3

April 2013 to 8 September 2016

New claims

71,140

DLA Reassessments

19,210

Note: Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.

Data beyond September 2016 is not readily available.

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