Asked by: Lord Godson (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many and what proportion of Personal Independence Payment assessments were carried out (1) face-to-face, (2) remotely and (3) on paper in each month since March 2020.
Answered by Baroness Sherlock - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The number and proportion of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments carried out (a) face-to-face (b) remotely (this includes telephone and video) and (c) paper-based can be found in the tables below.
March 2020 to December 2020
Month | Face-to-Face | Remote | Paper-Based | Unspecified | ||||
| Number | Proportion | Number | Proportion | Number | Proportion | Number | Proportion |
Mar-20 | 0 | 0% | 13,610 | 46% | 15,980 | 54% | 0 | 0% |
Apr-20 | 0 | 0% | 38,090 | 73% | 13,970 | 27% | 0 | 0% |
May-20 | 0 | 0% | 42,830 | 82% | 9,460 | 18% | 0 | 0% |
Jun-20 | 0 | 0% | 47,000 | 86% | 7,760 | 14% | 0 | 0% |
Jul-20 | 0 | 0% | 52,440 | 87% | 7,950 | 13% | 0 | 0% |
Aug-20 | 0 | 0% | 48,370 | 87% | 7,500 | 13% | 0 | 0% |
Sep-20 | 0 | 0% | 53,690 | 83% | 11,120 | 17% | 0 | 0% |
Oct-20 | 0 | 0% | 59,110 | 81% | 14,000 | 19% | 0 | 0% |
Nov-20 | 0 | 0% | 53,740 | 82% | 11,860 | 18% | 0 | 0% |
Dec-20 | 0 | 0% | 46,120 | 82% | 10,010 | 18% | 0 | 0% |
2021
Month | Face-to-Face | Remote | Paper-Based | Unspecified | ||||
| Number | Proportion | Number | Proportion | Number | Proportion | Number | Proportion |
Jan-21 | 0 | 0% | 53,730 | 83% | 10,970 | 17% | 0 | 0% |
Feb-21 | 0 | 0% | 52,860 | 83% | 10,480 | 17% | 0 | 0% |
Mar-21 | 0 | 0% | 60,160 | 85% | 10,800 | 15% | 0 | 0% |
Apr-21 | 0 | 0% | 48,670 | 83% | 9,760 | 17% | 0 | 0% |
May-21 | 0 | 0% | 46,280 | 82% | 9,840 | 18% | 0 | 0% |
Jun-21 | 10 | 0% | 51,140 | 83% | 10,490 | 17% | 0 | 0% |
Jul-21 | 50 | 0% | 52,000 | 83% | 10,810 | 17% | 0 | 0% |
Aug-21 | 2,430 | 4% | 46,240 | 79% | 9,930 | 17% | 0 | 0% |
Sep-21 | 5,340 | 8% | 50,290 | 76% | 10,590 | 16% | 0 | 0% |
Oct-21 | 5,190 | 8% | 50,510 | 76% | 10,520 | 16% | 0 | 0% |
Nov-21 | 5,640 | 8% | 55,470 | 76% | 11,500 | 16% | 0 | 0% |
Dec-21 | 3,730 | 6% | 44,180 | 77% | 9,440 | 16% | 0 | 0% |
2022
Month | Face-to-Face | Remote | Paper-Based | Unspecified | ||||
| Number | Proportion | Number | Proportion | Number | Proportion | Number | Proportion |
Jan-22 | 90 | 0% | 61,300 | 83% | 12,170 | 17% | 0 | 0% |
Feb-22 | 3,150 | 4% | 58,070 | 78% | 13,170 | 18% | 0 | 0% |
Mar-22 | 6,390 | 8% | 63,230 | 75% | 15,050 | 18% | 0 | 0% |
Apr-22 | 5,100 | 7% | 53,580 | 75% | 12,950 | 18% | 0 | 0% |
May-22 | 5,690 | 7% | 63,750 | 77% | 13,710 | 16% | 0 | 0% |
Jun-22 | 5,480 | 7% | 58,730 | 75% | 13,790 | 18% | 0 | 0% |
Jul-22 | 5,350 | 7% | 59,420 | 75% | 14,380 | 18% | 0 | 0% |
Aug-22 | 5,950 | 7% | 60,870 | 73% | 14,910 | 18% | 1,990 | 2% |
Sep-22 | 6,450 | 8% | 60,050 | 71% | 15,540 | 18% | 2,480 | 3% |
Oct-22 | 7,080 | 8% | 63,190 | 71% | 15,990 | 18% | 2,190 | 2% |
Nov-22 | 7,540 | 8% | 68,890 | 71% | 18,340 | 19% | 2,260 | 2% |
Dec-22 | 5,260 | 7% | 50,500 | 71% | 13,810 | 19% | 2,030 | 3% |
2023
Month | Face-to-Face | Remote | Paper-Based | Unspecified | ||||
| Number | Proportion | Number | Proportion | Number | Proportion | Number | Proportion |
Jan-23 | 6,150 | 6% | 70,490 | 73% | 17,750 | 18% | 2,310 | 2% |
Feb-23 | 6,880 | 8% | 63,600 | 71% | 17,420 | 19% | 2,210 | 2% |
Mar-23 | 7,210 | 7% | 75,650 | 72% | 20,200 | 19% | 2,480 | 2% |
Apr-23 | 6,610 | 8% | 57,590 | 70% | 16,260 | 20% | 2,080 | 3% |
May-23 | 7,290 | 8% | 66,110 | 70% | 18,600 | 20% | 2,340 | 2% |
Jun-23 | 7,400 | 7% | 71,570 | 71% | 19,800 | 20% | 2,450 | 2% |
Jul-23 | 7,480 | 8% | 68,910 | 71% | 18,270 | 19% | 2,530 | 3% |
Aug-23 | 7,950 | 8% | 68,420 | 69% | 20,440 | 21% | 2,420 | 2% |
Sep-23 | 7,440 | 8% | 68,990 | 70% | 19,690 | 20% | 2,540 | 3% |
Oct-23 | 7,700 | 7% | 73,240 | 70% | 21,110 | 20% | 2,790 | 3% |
Nov-23 | 7,400 | 7% | 76,030 | 70% | 22,250 | 20% | 2,850 | 3% |
Dec-23 | 5,430 | 7% | 52,740 | 70% | 14,810 | 20% | 2,420 | 3% |
January 2024 to November 2024
Month | Face-to-Face | Remote | Paper-Based | Unspecified | ||||
| Number | Proportion | Number | Proportion | Number | Proportion | Number | Proportion |
Jan-24 | 6,650 | 6% | 74,750 | 72% | 20,030 | 19% | 2,680 | 3% |
Feb-24 | 7,260 | 7% | 75,730 | 73% | 17,750 | 17% | 3,110 | 3% |
Mar-24 | 6,460 | 7% | 69,570 | 73% | 17,010 | 18% | 2,370 | 2% |
Apr-24 | 5,910 | 6% | 73,580 | 74% | 17,210 | 17% | 2,210 | 2% |
May-24 | 5,630 | 6% | 74,400 | 74% | 18,210 | 18% | 2,010 | 2% |
Jun-24 | 5,330 | 6% | 71,410 | 74% | 17,450 | 18% | 1,940 | 2% |
Jul-24 | 5,650 | 5% | 78,000 | 74% | 19,260 | 18% | 2,150 | 2% |
Aug-24 | 3,430 | 4% | 72,040 | 77% | 16,980 | 18% | 1,180 | 1% |
Sep-24 | 1,270 | 2% | 59,780 | 81% | 12,660 | 17% | 180 | 0% |
Oct-24 | 2,580 | 2% | 82,890 | 79% | 18,430 | 18% | 400 | 0% |
Nov-24 | 3,620 | 4% | 70,810 | 77% | 16,410 | 18% | 1,350 | 1% |
Please Note
Asked by: Lord Godson (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the savings of one disabled person being in full time work, rather than out of work and fully reliant on benefits.
Answered by Baroness Sherlock - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The department published an estimated saving for the Government of having one extra disabled person in full-time work, in July 2023. This can be found in the Consultation outcome Occupational Health: Working Better.
For Government, having one extra disabled person in full-time work, rather than being out of work and fully reliant on benefits, would mean the Government could save an estimated £18,000 a year. It could give societal savings of £28,000 a year when considering increases in output, reductions in healthcare costs and increased travel. The societal savings could increase to £34,000 a year if including Quality Adjusted Life Year (QALY) impacts, or £36,000 a year if including subjective wellbeing impacts. For a disabled person working part-time, the equivalent figures could be a saving to the Government of £8,000 a year, and a societal saving of £15,000 a year, rising to £19,000 a year if including QALY impacts, or £20,000 a year if including subjective wellbeing impacts.
Asked by: Lord Godson (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many disabled people were employed by small, medium, or large businesses in the financial years (1) 2021–22, (2) 2022–23, and (3) 2023–24.
Answered by Baroness Sherlock - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The department publishes a range of statistics from the Annual Population Survey (APS) on the employment of disabled people. This includes the number of disabled people who were employed by workplace size. Workplace size refers to the total number of employees at the respondent’s workplace, not just the section/department or the whole organization. The APS does not collect information on the size of the whole organization, therefore only analysis on workplace size can be provided. A full time-series from 2013/14 can be found in the employment of disabled people 2024 supplementary table EMP006.
Number of disabled people in employment by workplace size, aged 16 to 64, UK
Workplace size | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
Small (less than 50 employees) | 1,919,144 | 2,036,454 | 2,080,529 |
Medium (between 50 and 250 employees) | 909,827 | 917,802 | 970,471 |
Large (more than 250 employees) | 1,117,175 | 1,168,427 | 1,332,062 |
Don't know but between 50 and 500 employees | 190,401 | 204,425 | 199,334 |
Source: The employment of disabled people 2024: Table EMP006
Asked by: Lord Godson (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many disabled people were in receipt of an Access to Work grant in the financial years (1) 2021–22, (2) 2022–23, and (3) 2023–24, and by sector.
Answered by Baroness Sherlock - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
Table 6 of the latest Access to Work Official Statistics includes the number of individuals who were in receipt of Access to Work Provision within each financial year. The latest publication can be found here: Access to Work statistics: April 2007 to March 2024 - GOV.UK
The information requested about the number of individuals who received a payment for AtW provision by sector is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Lord Godson (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many people were in receipt of an Access to Work grant by small, medium, or large business in the financial years (1) 2021–22, (2) 2022–23, and (3) 2023–24.
Answered by Baroness Sherlock - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
Estimates of the number of individuals who received a payment for an Access to Work element, by employer size, at the end of each of the last three financial years, are provided in the table below.
Employer Size | End of March 2022 | End of March 2023 | End of March 2024 |
Small (0-49 employees) | 8,180 | 10,770 | 17,480 |
Medium (50-249 employees) | 2,680 | 3,190 | 4,420 |
Large (250 or more employees) | 18,330 | 20,690 | 27,880 |
Missing | 180 | 150 | 140 |
Total | 29,370 | 34,800 | 49,920 |
These figures are rounded to the nearest 10 and do not include payments for an Access to Work assessment. Data on the number of Access to Work recipients by employer size is not directly recorded in the Access to Work admin datasets, so these estimates are derived from information which may provide insights to employer size. They may change in future as a consequence of subsequent system updates or changes to methodology.