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Written Question
Personal Independence Payment: Employment
Friday 2nd May 2025

Asked by: David Baines (Labour - St Helens North)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Personal Independence Payment recipients are in work in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) St Helens Local Authority, (c) the Liverpool City Region and (d) nationally.

Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

The proportion of working age Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants who are in work can be found in the table below.

Table 1: Working age Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants who are in work

Percentage in work

St Helens North Parliamentary Constituency

20%

St Helens Local Authority

20%

Liverpool City Region

19%

England and Wales

20%

Notes:

  • Data only includes claimants living in regions under DWP policy ownership (England, Wales and Abroad).
  • Data includes normal rules and special rules for end of life (SREL) claims.
  • Data is for March 2024 which is the latest year for which employment data is available.
  • Data covers claimants who are working age, this is between 16 and state pension age.
  • ‘Work’ refers to claimants who are in paid employment, either as self-employed or employee.
  • The Liverpool City Region contains the following Local Authorities: Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, Wirral and St Helens.
  • Percentages have been rounded to nearest whole number.

Division Vote (Commons)
29 Apr 2025 - Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill - View Vote Context
David Baines (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 232 Labour No votes vs 11 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 85 Noes - 238
Division Vote (Commons)
29 Apr 2025 - Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill - View Vote Context
David Baines (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 248 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 95 Noes - 257
Division Vote (Commons)
29 Apr 2025 - Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill - View Vote Context
David Baines (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 248 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 101 Noes - 258
Division Vote (Commons)
29 Apr 2025 - Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill - View Vote Context
David Baines (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 248 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 73 Noes - 255
Division Vote (Commons)
28 Apr 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
David Baines (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 273 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 74 Noes - 337
Division Vote (Commons)
28 Apr 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
David Baines (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 271 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 342 Noes - 70
Division Vote (Commons)
26 Mar 2025 - Tobacco and Vapes Bill - View Vote Context
David Baines (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 294 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 92 Noes - 303
Division Vote (Commons)
26 Mar 2025 - Tobacco and Vapes Bill - View Vote Context
David Baines (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 294 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 72 Noes - 304
Division Vote (Commons)
26 Mar 2025 - Tobacco and Vapes Bill - View Vote Context
David Baines (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 301 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 159 Noes - 307