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Josh Fenton-Glynn

Labour - Calder Valley

8,991 (18.1%) majority - 2024 General Election

First elected: 4th July 2024



Division Voting information

During the current Parliament, Josh Fenton-Glynn has voted in 210 divisions, and 10 times against the majority of their Party.

16 May 2025 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context
Josh Fenton-Glynn voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 129 Labour Aye votes vs 200 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 243 Noes - 279
13 Jun 2025 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context
Josh Fenton-Glynn voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 136 Labour Aye votes vs 163 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 259 Noes - 216
13 Jun 2025 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context
Josh Fenton-Glynn voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 122 Labour Aye votes vs 184 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 230 Noes - 256
13 Jun 2025 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context
Josh Fenton-Glynn voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 124 Labour Aye votes vs 181 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 233 Noes - 254
20 Jun 2025 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context
Josh Fenton-Glynn voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 160 Labour No votes vs 224 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 314 Noes - 291
20 Jun 2025 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context
Josh Fenton-Glynn voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 122 Labour No votes vs 198 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 274 Noes - 224
20 Jun 2025 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context
Josh Fenton-Glynn voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 114 Labour No votes vs 199 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 275 Noes - 209
20 Jun 2025 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context
Josh Fenton-Glynn voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 122 Labour Aye votes vs 186 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 213 Noes - 266
20 Jun 2025 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context
Josh Fenton-Glynn voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 113 Labour Aye votes vs 185 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 208 Noes - 261
20 Jun 2025 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context
Josh Fenton-Glynn voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 125 Labour Aye votes vs 190 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 223 Noes - 269
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Debates during the 2024 Parliament

Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.

Sparring Partners
Karin Smyth (Labour)
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
(14 debate interactions)
Steve Reed (Labour (Co-op))
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(8 debate interactions)
Wes Streeting (Labour)
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
(8 debate interactions)
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Department Debates
Department of Health and Social Care
(30 debate contributions)
HM Treasury
(15 debate contributions)
Cabinet Office
(14 debate contributions)
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Legislation Debates
Rare Cancers Bill 2024-26
(1,280 words contributed)
Water (Special Measures) Act 2025
(491 words contributed)
Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26
(489 words contributed)
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Calder Valley Petitions

e-Petitions are administered by Parliament and allow members of the public to express support for a particular issue.

If an e-petition reaches 10,000 signatures the Government will issue a written response.

If an e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures the petition becomes eligible for a Parliamentary debate (usually Monday 4.30pm in Westminster Hall).

Josh Fenton-Glynn has not participated in any petition debates

Latest EDMs signed by Josh Fenton-Glynn

Josh Fenton-Glynn has not signed any Early Day Motions

Commons initiatives

These initiatives were driven by Josh Fenton-Glynn, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.

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Josh Fenton-Glynn has not been granted any Urgent Questions

Josh Fenton-Glynn has not been granted any Adjournment Debates

Josh Fenton-Glynn has not introduced any legislation before Parliament

Josh Fenton-Glynn has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting


Latest 50 Written Questions

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Written Questions can be tabled by MPs and Lords to request specific information information on the work, policy and activities of a Government Department
3rd Mar 2025
To ask the Solicitor General, how many social media accounts their Department operates; and how much their Department spent on social media (a) subscriptions and (b) advertisements on each social media platform in each of the last three years.

The Government communicates across a range of media channels in order to reach its target audience effectively. Channels are selected based on whether they will reach the intended audience on a specific issue to have the most impact.

Social media is an essential part of government communications and is used to inform the public directly about matters which may affect their lives or interests.

The Attorney General’s Office operates five social media accounts across X, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram and Threads. It has not spent any money on social media subscriptions or advertisements in the last three years.

Lucy Rigby
Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
19th Dec 2024
To ask the Solicitor General, how many agricultural crime offences in Calderdale District resulted in suspects being (a) charged, (b) convicted and (c) not convicted in each year since 2010.

The Government recognises the impact that crimes of theft have on all our communities, whether rural or urban, and we are committed to tackling the problem.

There is no specific legal definition of agricultural crime and therefore data on it cannot be collated. However, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds data on the number of prosecutions where the principal offence category was theft and handling stolen goods.

It is important to note that CPS principal offence category data is only extracted from the Case Management Information System once the prosecution case has been finalised, this means that the following offence data only relates to completed prosecutions and not any ongoing prosecutions.

From 2010 to date, the CPS has prosecuted 57,641 cases with a theft and handling stolen goods principal offence category originating from the West Yorkshire police force area. Of these, 52,286 resulted in a conviction and only 5,355 resulted in an acquittal.

Lucy Rigby
Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
3rd Mar 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many social media accounts their Department operates; and how much their Department spent on social media (a) subscriptions and (b) advertisements on each social media platform in each of the last three years.

The Government communicates across a range of media channels in order to reach its target audience effectively. Channels are selected based on whether they will reach the intended audience on a specific issue to have the most impact.

Below is the Cabinet Office advertising spend through the GCS Framework. Subscriptions are delegated to team level and not centrally managed.

Platform

2024

2023

2022

LINKEDIN IRELAND LIMITED

£385,239

£577,093

£824,660

META PLATFORMS IRELAND LIMITED

£513,717

£1,229,993

£3,650,904

NEXTDOOR EUROPE UK LIMITED

£0

£110,000

£0

REDDIT INC (GBP)

£0

£0

£287,965

REDDIT UK LIMITED (GBP)

£0

£0

£0

SNAP GROUP LIMITED

£47,396

£349,279

£750,874

TWITTER UK LTD

£0

£216,090

£791,456

TWITTER INTERNATIONAL COMPANY

£0

£0

£225,063

PINTEREST EUROPE LTD

£0

£79,797

£221,703

TIKTOK INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIE

£65,494

£0

£384,111

Georgia Gould
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
3rd Mar 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many social media accounts the Prime Minister's Office operates; and how much the Prime Minister's Office spent on social media (a) subscriptions and (b) advertisements on each social media platform in each of the last three years.

The Government communicates across a range of media channels in order to reach its target audience effectively. Channels are selected based on whether they will reach the intended audience on a specific issue to have the most impact.

The Prime Minister’s Office is a business unit of the Cabinet Office. The Prime Minister’s Office has not spent any money on social media subscriptions or advertising.

Georgia Gould
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
9th Dec 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Departments have social media accounts by social media platform; and how much each Department spent on social media (a) subscriptions and (b) advertisements on each social media platform in each of the last three years.

Departmental social media accounts and subscriptions are not centrally managed.

As with any media planning approach, channels are selected based on their ability to engage with relevant audiences in alignment with the government's strategic objectives.

The Cabinet Office is consistently tracking and reviewing spending on communications to ensure efficiency and that the appropriate strategy is implemented. We will not spend more than is needed to be effective and ensure best value for the taxpayer.

Georgia Gould
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
3rd Mar 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many social media accounts their Department operates; and how much their Department spent on social media (a) subscriptions and (b) advertisements on each social media platform in each of the last three years.

The Government communicates across a range of media channels in order to reach its target audience effectively. Channels are selected based on whether they will reach the intended audience on a specific issue to have the most impact. Social media is an essential part of government communications and is used to inform the public directly about matters which may affect their lives or interests.

DBT's spend for the last three calendar years on social media subscriptions was as follows (table):

2022

2023

2024

X/Twitter Premium annual subscription

£0

£0

£99

DBT's spend for the last three calendar years on social media advertising by platform was as follows (table):

2022

2023

2024

LINKEDIN IRELAND LIMITED

£2,655,074

£2,066,426

£1,979,092

META PLATFORMS IRELAND LIMITED

£432,192

£318,433

£247,498

TWITTER UK LTD

£165,370

£32,554

NEXTDOOR EUROPE UK LIMITED

£12,500

£9,727

SNAP GROUP LIMITED

£8,500

£11,364

TOTAL

£3,252,636

£2,438,413

£2,247,681

Justin Madders
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
25th Feb 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many social media accounts his Department operates; and how much his Department spent on social media (a) subscriptions and (b) advertisements on each social media platform in each of the last three years.

DESNZ operates seven social media accounts. Since the Department was established on 7th February 2023, we can only provide information for the past two years. The department spends £84 annually on subscriptions and allocated £366,928 in 2023 and £545,576 in 2024 for advertisements on social media platform.

Michael Shanks
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
25th Feb 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many social media accounts his Department operates; and how much his Department spent on social media (a) subscriptions and (b) advertisements on each social media platform in each of the last three years.

The Department is responsible for operating a total of 18 social media accounts. This includes a number of accounts currently under review and operated by the Government Digital Service, which recently became a part of the department.

The Department has spent £201.60 on (a) subscriptions – two payments of £100.80 in 2023 and 2024.

To date, the Department has spent £450,901.04 on (b) social media advertisements.

The Department spent £386,615.04 on LinkedIn and £64,286.00 on META in the financial year 24/25.

In addition, the Department has a shared HR function with DESNZ which has a contractual arrangement with LinkedIn Hiring Solutions for the period June 2023 to June 2025, for the amount of £425,123.31.

The Department holds no data prior to the financial year 23/24 due to DSIT only being formed in February 2023.

The Government communicates across a range of media channels in order to reach its target audience effectively. Channels are selected based on whether they will reach the intended audience on a specific issue to have the most impact.

Social media is an essential part of government communications and is used to inform the public directly about matters which may affect their lives or interests. The Government remains committed to scrutiny, transparency and best value for taxpayer money.

Feryal Clark
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
25th Feb 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many social media accounts her Department operates; and how much her Department spent on social media (a) subscriptions and (b) advertisements on each social media platform in each of the last three years.

The Government communicates across a range of media channels in order to reach its target audience effectively. Channels are selected based on whether they will reach the intended audience on a specific issue to have the most impact.

Social media is an essential part of government communications and is used to inform the public directly about matters which may affect their lives or interests.

(a) Subscriptions: DCMS has had a Premium Plus subscription with X (formerly known as Twitter) for two years which costs £168 per annum, and a Reddit subscription since March 2024 at £60 per annum. A breakdown per financial year is as follows:

  • 2024/25 - £228 (X and Reddit).

  • 2023/24 - £178 (X and Reddit).

  • 2022/23 - £0.

  • 2021/22 - £0.

(b) Advertisements: On advertisements, we have calculated figures based on the three previous financial years, excluding 2024/25 given this year has not yet finished. These figures are total amounts spent on advertising and marketing in our campaigns that includes wider campaign costs such as creative development and production, research, evaluation and media channels not limited to social media. We do not have records that give a comprehensive breakdown of each social media platform earlier than FY2023/24 due to the way figures are recorded.

FY2023/24:

  • In 2023/24, DCMS spent a total of £601,129.14 on advertising and marketing in our campaigns, of which £110,000 was spent on social media advertising. £35,000 was spent on YouTube and £75,000 on Meta and Snapchat.

  • DCMS also spent an additional £600 boosting social media posts on DCMS owned channels.

FY2022/23:

  • In 2022/23, DCMS spent a total of £587,958.60 on advertising and marketing in our campaigns, a small contribution of which going to social media advertising. This figure includes campaigns that would now be owned by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, which were conducted when DCMS still held the Digital portfolio. Social media channels included: Google, Bing, Netmums, YouTube, Facebook, X/Twitter, Giphy, Acast, Spotify, Snapchat, Loop Me, Instagram, Venatus.

  • DCMS also spent an additional £188.53 boosting social media posts on DCMS owned channels.

FY2021/22:

  • In 2021/22, DCMS spent a total of £318,844.21 on advertising and marketing in our campaigns, a smaller contribution of which going to social media advertising. This figure includes campaigns that would now be owned by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, which were conducted when DCMS still held the Digital portfolio. Social media channels included: Spotify, Acast, Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, Loop-Me, Venatus, Youtube, Google, LinkedIn.

  • DCMS also spent an additional £639.93 boosting social media posts on DCMS owned channels.

Stephanie Peacock
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
24th Feb 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many social media accounts her Department operates; and how much her Department spent on social media (a) subscriptions and (b) advertisements on each social media platform in each of the last three years.

The department uses social media to connect directly and speak with the public on the issues and areas of interest they care most deeply about.

It operates 25 live social media accounts incorporating campaigns and supporting agencies.

The department spends no money on social media platform subscriptions.

The department undertook communications activity across its remit in line with the government’s published communications plans for each year. All spend complies with Cabinet Office spending controls to ensure that, where taxpayer money is being spent on government communications, it is cost-effective, coordinated and reflects functional standards and professional best practices. Activity included delivering joined up, national campaigns to increase supply and demand for technical qualifications, including apprenticeships and T Levels, and skills offers; inspiring more people to teach in schools and colleges; encouraging take up of government-funded childcare; and inspiring more people to become childcare professionals. As part of these campaigns, the department spent the following on paid-for advertising on each social media platform in each complete financial year:

Platform

2021/22

2022/23

2023/24

Meta

£ 1,513,264.00

£ 2,170,187.00

£ 3,202,273.00

LinkedIn

£ 223,926.00

£ 476,815.00

£ 486,835.00

Pinterest

£ 95,280.00

£ 99,799.00

£ 175,733.00

Snapchat

£ 598,276.00

£ 821,765.00

£ 1,449,496.00

Twitter

£ 276,397.00

£ 391,616.00

-

Reddit

-

£ 47,644.00

£ 28,145.00

Janet Daby
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
6th Feb 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to launch a consultation on (a) reducing the availability of Disabled Students Allowance assistive technology packages and products and (b) removing the needs assessment element of applications for Disabled Students Allowance.

The department is not intending to launch a consultation on reducing the availability of assistive technology support packages and products provided through Disabled Students’ Allowance or the removal of the needs assessment element of applications.

The department has not announced any changes to these areas of the Disabled Students’ Allowance.

Janet Daby
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
5th Feb 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average waiting time was for a needs assessments for Disabled Students Allowance applications from the date of application to the date of (a) the assessment being carried out and (b) entitlement letters being issued in the latest period for which data is available.

The average waiting time for a needs assessment from the date of application to the date of the assessment being carried out comprises the time taken by the Student Loans Company (SLC) to process an application and then the time taken by the contracted suppliers Capita and Study Tech to process the needs assessment.

The time taken by SLC to process an application is published online at GOV.UK here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/sfe-current-application-timescales. The latest weekly update, for February, shows that the average time taken for SLC to process an application, shown under the heading “a DSA application”, is currently 7 working days. The average time taken for the contracted suppliers to offer and complete the needs assessment is currently 28 days. Each supplier has been set two individual KPIs to cover the offer and completion of the needs assessment. These are KPI 1, “Booking of a Needs Assessment Appointment (Minimum of 95% of offer of needs assessment appointment made within 2 working days of referral of customer by SLC)” and KPI 2, “Completion of a Needs Assessment (Minimum of 95% of needs assessment interviews should be offered and completed within 7 working days of successful contact (excluding those where the customer has requested an alternative date))”.

Following completion of the needs assessment, both suppliers are required to return the needs assessment report to SLC for review within 5 workings days, as stipulated by KPI 3, “Minimum of 95% of NARs made available to SLC within 5 working days of when needs assessments undertaken (excluding those where the customer has requested to review the needs assessment report)”. It is currently taking suppliers on average 14 days to return the needs assessment report to SLC. The needs assessment is then reviewed by SLC, following which confirmation of entitlement is communicated to the customer on the DSA2 letter. It is currently taking SLC 10 working days to complete this stage of the journey, as noted on the GOV.UK page under the heading “a Needs Assessment report”.

Information on the suppliers’ performance against their KPIs is published online on a quarterly basis here: https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/ds. The next update will be published at the end of February.

All students applying for Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) are required to have a needs assessment. This means that assistive software for spelling and grammar support has only been awarded when recommended in a needs assessment and agreed by SLC.

Data on the number of students awarded specific assistive software for spelling and grammar support through DSA for the time periods specified in the question is not immediately available, but in the 2023 calendar year this was around 36,000.

A list of the assistive software products for spelling and grammar support that have previously been awarded through DSA is published online here: https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/exchange-blog/2017/april/dsa-product-review-process/. This list is for administrative purposes only. Products that are not on the list can also be funded through DSA if they are recommended by a needs assessor and agreed by SLC. Overall, agreed spend on spelling and grammar software through DSA is in the region of £4.5 million to £5 million annually. The total spend on each software product within that varies, as it depends on which products are recommended by needs assessors as being most suitable for students’ needs. As an illustration, in the 2023 calendar year, around 80% of total spend was on non-specialist grammar and spelling products, with Grammarly Premium making up 53% of total spend and Global Autocorrect 24% of total spend. Around 20% of total spend was on specialist grammar and spelling products for specific subject areas such as medicine and law, with Medincle products making up 16% of total spend.

Janet Daby
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
5th Feb 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of students in receipt of Disabled Students' Allowance spelling and grammar assistive technology packages were required to undertake a needs assessment in each year since 2015.

The average waiting time for a needs assessment from the date of application to the date of the assessment being carried out comprises the time taken by the Student Loans Company (SLC) to process an application and then the time taken by the contracted suppliers Capita and Study Tech to process the needs assessment.

The time taken by SLC to process an application is published online at GOV.UK here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/sfe-current-application-timescales. The latest weekly update, for February, shows that the average time taken for SLC to process an application, shown under the heading “a DSA application”, is currently 7 working days. The average time taken for the contracted suppliers to offer and complete the needs assessment is currently 28 days. Each supplier has been set two individual KPIs to cover the offer and completion of the needs assessment. These are KPI 1, “Booking of a Needs Assessment Appointment (Minimum of 95% of offer of needs assessment appointment made within 2 working days of referral of customer by SLC)” and KPI 2, “Completion of a Needs Assessment (Minimum of 95% of needs assessment interviews should be offered and completed within 7 working days of successful contact (excluding those where the customer has requested an alternative date))”.

Following completion of the needs assessment, both suppliers are required to return the needs assessment report to SLC for review within 5 workings days, as stipulated by KPI 3, “Minimum of 95% of NARs made available to SLC within 5 working days of when needs assessments undertaken (excluding those where the customer has requested to review the needs assessment report)”. It is currently taking suppliers on average 14 days to return the needs assessment report to SLC. The needs assessment is then reviewed by SLC, following which confirmation of entitlement is communicated to the customer on the DSA2 letter. It is currently taking SLC 10 working days to complete this stage of the journey, as noted on the GOV.UK page under the heading “a Needs Assessment report”.

Information on the suppliers’ performance against their KPIs is published online on a quarterly basis here: https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/ds. The next update will be published at the end of February.

All students applying for Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) are required to have a needs assessment. This means that assistive software for spelling and grammar support has only been awarded when recommended in a needs assessment and agreed by SLC.

Data on the number of students awarded specific assistive software for spelling and grammar support through DSA for the time periods specified in the question is not immediately available, but in the 2023 calendar year this was around 36,000.

A list of the assistive software products for spelling and grammar support that have previously been awarded through DSA is published online here: https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/exchange-blog/2017/april/dsa-product-review-process/. This list is for administrative purposes only. Products that are not on the list can also be funded through DSA if they are recommended by a needs assessor and agreed by SLC. Overall, agreed spend on spelling and grammar software through DSA is in the region of £4.5 million to £5 million annually. The total spend on each software product within that varies, as it depends on which products are recommended by needs assessors as being most suitable for students’ needs. As an illustration, in the 2023 calendar year, around 80% of total spend was on non-specialist grammar and spelling products, with Grammarly Premium making up 53% of total spend and Global Autocorrect 24% of total spend. Around 20% of total spend was on specialist grammar and spelling products for specific subject areas such as medicine and law, with Medincle products making up 16% of total spend.

Janet Daby
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
5th Feb 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many assistive technology products funded via the Disabled Students Allowance for spelling and grammar support require a needs assessment before being approved.

The average waiting time for a needs assessment from the date of application to the date of the assessment being carried out comprises the time taken by the Student Loans Company (SLC) to process an application and then the time taken by the contracted suppliers Capita and Study Tech to process the needs assessment.

The time taken by SLC to process an application is published online at GOV.UK here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/sfe-current-application-timescales. The latest weekly update, for February, shows that the average time taken for SLC to process an application, shown under the heading “a DSA application”, is currently 7 working days. The average time taken for the contracted suppliers to offer and complete the needs assessment is currently 28 days. Each supplier has been set two individual KPIs to cover the offer and completion of the needs assessment. These are KPI 1, “Booking of a Needs Assessment Appointment (Minimum of 95% of offer of needs assessment appointment made within 2 working days of referral of customer by SLC)” and KPI 2, “Completion of a Needs Assessment (Minimum of 95% of needs assessment interviews should be offered and completed within 7 working days of successful contact (excluding those where the customer has requested an alternative date))”.

Following completion of the needs assessment, both suppliers are required to return the needs assessment report to SLC for review within 5 workings days, as stipulated by KPI 3, “Minimum of 95% of NARs made available to SLC within 5 working days of when needs assessments undertaken (excluding those where the customer has requested to review the needs assessment report)”. It is currently taking suppliers on average 14 days to return the needs assessment report to SLC. The needs assessment is then reviewed by SLC, following which confirmation of entitlement is communicated to the customer on the DSA2 letter. It is currently taking SLC 10 working days to complete this stage of the journey, as noted on the GOV.UK page under the heading “a Needs Assessment report”.

Information on the suppliers’ performance against their KPIs is published online on a quarterly basis here: https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/ds. The next update will be published at the end of February.

All students applying for Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) are required to have a needs assessment. This means that assistive software for spelling and grammar support has only been awarded when recommended in a needs assessment and agreed by SLC.

Data on the number of students awarded specific assistive software for spelling and grammar support through DSA for the time periods specified in the question is not immediately available, but in the 2023 calendar year this was around 36,000.

A list of the assistive software products for spelling and grammar support that have previously been awarded through DSA is published online here: https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/exchange-blog/2017/april/dsa-product-review-process/. This list is for administrative purposes only. Products that are not on the list can also be funded through DSA if they are recommended by a needs assessor and agreed by SLC. Overall, agreed spend on spelling and grammar software through DSA is in the region of £4.5 million to £5 million annually. The total spend on each software product within that varies, as it depends on which products are recommended by needs assessors as being most suitable for students’ needs. As an illustration, in the 2023 calendar year, around 80% of total spend was on non-specialist grammar and spelling products, with Grammarly Premium making up 53% of total spend and Global Autocorrect 24% of total spend. Around 20% of total spend was on specialist grammar and spelling products for specific subject areas such as medicine and law, with Medincle products making up 16% of total spend.

Janet Daby
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
5th Feb 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many assistive technology products for spelling and grammar support are funded under the Disabled Students Allowance; and what the total cost to the public purse is of each product.

The average waiting time for a needs assessment from the date of application to the date of the assessment being carried out comprises the time taken by the Student Loans Company (SLC) to process an application and then the time taken by the contracted suppliers Capita and Study Tech to process the needs assessment.

The time taken by SLC to process an application is published online at GOV.UK here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/sfe-current-application-timescales. The latest weekly update, for February, shows that the average time taken for SLC to process an application, shown under the heading “a DSA application”, is currently 7 working days. The average time taken for the contracted suppliers to offer and complete the needs assessment is currently 28 days. Each supplier has been set two individual KPIs to cover the offer and completion of the needs assessment. These are KPI 1, “Booking of a Needs Assessment Appointment (Minimum of 95% of offer of needs assessment appointment made within 2 working days of referral of customer by SLC)” and KPI 2, “Completion of a Needs Assessment (Minimum of 95% of needs assessment interviews should be offered and completed within 7 working days of successful contact (excluding those where the customer has requested an alternative date))”.

Following completion of the needs assessment, both suppliers are required to return the needs assessment report to SLC for review within 5 workings days, as stipulated by KPI 3, “Minimum of 95% of NARs made available to SLC within 5 working days of when needs assessments undertaken (excluding those where the customer has requested to review the needs assessment report)”. It is currently taking suppliers on average 14 days to return the needs assessment report to SLC. The needs assessment is then reviewed by SLC, following which confirmation of entitlement is communicated to the customer on the DSA2 letter. It is currently taking SLC 10 working days to complete this stage of the journey, as noted on the GOV.UK page under the heading “a Needs Assessment report”.

Information on the suppliers’ performance against their KPIs is published online on a quarterly basis here: https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/ds. The next update will be published at the end of February.

All students applying for Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) are required to have a needs assessment. This means that assistive software for spelling and grammar support has only been awarded when recommended in a needs assessment and agreed by SLC.

Data on the number of students awarded specific assistive software for spelling and grammar support through DSA for the time periods specified in the question is not immediately available, but in the 2023 calendar year this was around 36,000.

A list of the assistive software products for spelling and grammar support that have previously been awarded through DSA is published online here: https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/exchange-blog/2017/april/dsa-product-review-process/. This list is for administrative purposes only. Products that are not on the list can also be funded through DSA if they are recommended by a needs assessor and agreed by SLC. Overall, agreed spend on spelling and grammar software through DSA is in the region of £4.5 million to £5 million annually. The total spend on each software product within that varies, as it depends on which products are recommended by needs assessors as being most suitable for students’ needs. As an illustration, in the 2023 calendar year, around 80% of total spend was on non-specialist grammar and spelling products, with Grammarly Premium making up 53% of total spend and Global Autocorrect 24% of total spend. Around 20% of total spend was on specialist grammar and spelling products for specific subject areas such as medicine and law, with Medincle products making up 16% of total spend.

Janet Daby
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
5th Feb 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential equality impact of changes to the Disabled Students Allowance on (a) the provision of assistive technology support packages and products, and (b) the removal of the needs assessments from the eligibility criteria.

The department has not announced changes to the provision of assistive technology support packages and products through Disabled Students’ Allowances or the removal of needs assessments from the eligibility criteria.

Janet Daby
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
24th Feb 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many social media accounts his Department operates; and how much his Department spent on social media (a) subscriptions and (b) advertisements on each social media platform in each of the last three years.

The Government communicates across a range of media channels in order to reach its target audience effectively. Channels are selected based on whether they will reach the intended audience on a specific issue to have the most impact. Social media is an essential part of government communications and is used to inform the public directly about matters which may affect their lives or interests. Defra currently operates 18 accounts across its policy areas and functions. To our knowledge, Defra does not have regular social media subscriptions. Departmental marketing spend for the last 3 years on social advertisements is detailed below:

DEFRA Social Investment by year (H1/H2)

2021

LinkedIn

META

Twitter

Next Door

Total

H1 Jan-Jun

£24,047

£127,757

£1,088

£152,892

H2 Jul-Dec

£66,756

£66,756

2022

LinkedIn

META

Twitter

Next Door

Total

H1 Jan-Jun

£7,045

£176,713

£183,758

H2 Jul-Dec

£44,114

£44,114

2023

LinkedIn

META

Twitter

Next Door

Total

H1 Jan-Jun

£94,121

£94,121

H2 Jul-Dec

£3,570

£125,930

£129,500

2024

LinkedIn

META

Twitter

Next Door

Total

H1 Jan-Jun

£174,872

£11,785

£186,657

H2 Jul-Dec

£60,320

£60,320

Daniel Zeichner
Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
25th Feb 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many social media accounts her Department operates; and how much her Department spent on social media (a) subscriptions and (b) advertisements on each social media platform in each of the last three years.

The Government communicates across a range of media channels in order to reach its target audience effectively. Channels are selected based on whether they will reach the intended audience on a specific issue to have the most impact.

Social media is an essential part of government communications and is used to inform the public directly about matters which may affect their lives or interests.

DfT operates 23 separate social media accounts, and in the last three years it has spent £201.60 on social media subscriptions.

The table below shows how much DfT have spent advertising on social media platforms for each of the last 3 calendar years for public behaviour change campaigns predominantly on road safety and accessibility.

Year

META PLATFORMS IRELAND LIMITED

PINTEREST EUROPE LTD

REDDIT INC

SNAP GROUP LIMITED

TWITTER UK LTD

Total

2021

£661,232

£46,481

£15,927

£149,184

£195,613

£1,068,437

2022

£485,431

£4,642

£54,707

£311,344

£200,741

£1,056,865

2023

£311,333

£2,101

£101,775

£215,300

£41,448

£671,957

2024

£276,223

£158,849

£207,426

£0

£642,498

Total

£1,734,219

£53,224

£331,258

£883,254

£437,802

£3,439,757

Mike Kane
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
25th Jun 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants in each subgroup with (a) musculoskeletal disease (general) and (b) musculoskeletal disease (regional) recorded as the main disabling condition were awarded more than 12 points in the living component but fewer than four points in a single daily living category and were awarded a score of at least two in (i) six, (ii) seven, (iii) eight, (iv) nine and (v) ten of the daily living categories in 2024.

The information requested is provided in the excel workbook attached. A content of the tables provided in the attached workbook is below:

The number of PIP claimants awarded Enhanced Daily Living who scored fewer than 4 point in all Daily Living activities and scored at least 2 points in six, seven, eight, nine or ten Daily Living activities in 2024 by primary medical condition:

  1. Respiratory diseases
  2. Musculoskeletal diseases (general)
  3. Musculoskeletal diseases (regional)
  4. Cardiovascular diseases
  5. Malignant diseases
  6. Neurological diseases

The number of people currently on PIP who did not score 4 points in one category in their last assessment should not be equated with the number who are likely to not to be awarded the daily living component of PIP in future. Our intention is that changes will start to come into effect from November 2026, subject to parliamentary approval. After that date, people already in receipt of PIP will continue to be treated under the current rules, with only new claimants having the new criterion applied. As a result of behavioural responses to the change, we expect that a higher proportion of new claimants will score 4 points against at least one activity than happens currently.

We are consulting on how best to support those who are affected by the new eligibility changes, including ensuring health and care needs are met. We have also announced a wider review of the PIP assessment to make it fair and fit for purpose, which I am leading. We are bringing together a range of experts, stakeholders and people with lived experience to consider how best to do this. We will provide further details as plans progress.

Source: DWP Administrative Data

Notes:

  • Data only includes claimants living in regions under DWP policy ownership (England, Wales and Abroad).
  • Figures are for assessments from both initial decisions and award reviews, with the date of assessment decision and clearance in 2024.
  • Data includes normal rules claimants only, and excludes special rules for end of life (SREL) claimants as they typically receive maximum or very high scores.
  • Data only includes working age claimants.
  • Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. Values greater than 0 but below 5 have been replaced with a dash.
  • Totals may not sum due to rounding.
Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
25th Jun 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants in each subgroup of respiratory disease recorded as the main disabling condition who were awarded more than 12 points in the living component but fewer than four points in a single daily living category were awarded a score of at least two in (a) six, (b) seven, (c) eight, (d) nine and (e) ten of the daily living categories in 2024.

The information requested is provided in the excel workbook attached. A content of the tables provided in the attached workbook is below:

The number of PIP claimants awarded Enhanced Daily Living who scored fewer than 4 point in all Daily Living activities and scored at least 2 points in six, seven, eight, nine or ten Daily Living activities in 2024 by primary medical condition:

  1. Respiratory diseases
  2. Musculoskeletal diseases (general)
  3. Musculoskeletal diseases (regional)
  4. Cardiovascular diseases
  5. Malignant diseases
  6. Neurological diseases

The number of people currently on PIP who did not score 4 points in one category in their last assessment should not be equated with the number who are likely to not to be awarded the daily living component of PIP in future. Our intention is that changes will start to come into effect from November 2026, subject to parliamentary approval. After that date, people already in receipt of PIP will continue to be treated under the current rules, with only new claimants having the new criterion applied. As a result of behavioural responses to the change, we expect that a higher proportion of new claimants will score 4 points against at least one activity than happens currently.

We are consulting on how best to support those who are affected by the new eligibility changes, including ensuring health and care needs are met. We have also announced a wider review of the PIP assessment to make it fair and fit for purpose, which I am leading. We are bringing together a range of experts, stakeholders and people with lived experience to consider how best to do this. We will provide further details as plans progress.

Source: DWP Administrative Data

Notes:

  • Data only includes claimants living in regions under DWP policy ownership (England, Wales and Abroad).
  • Figures are for assessments from both initial decisions and award reviews, with the date of assessment decision and clearance in 2024.
  • Data includes normal rules claimants only, and excludes special rules for end of life (SREL) claimants as they typically receive maximum or very high scores.
  • Data only includes working age claimants.
  • Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. Values greater than 0 but below 5 have been replaced with a dash.
  • Totals may not sum due to rounding.
Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
25th Jun 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants in each subgroup of cardiovascular disease recorded as the main disabling condition who were awarded more than 12 points in the living component but fewer than four points in a single daily living category were awarded a score of at least two in (a) six, (b) seven, (c) eight, (d) nine and (e) ten of the daily living categories in 2024.

The information requested is provided in the excel workbook attached. A content of the tables provided in the attached workbook is below:

The number of PIP claimants awarded Enhanced Daily Living who scored fewer than 4 point in all Daily Living activities and scored at least 2 points in six, seven, eight, nine or ten Daily Living activities in 2024 by primary medical condition:

  1. Respiratory diseases
  2. Musculoskeletal diseases (general)
  3. Musculoskeletal diseases (regional)
  4. Cardiovascular diseases
  5. Malignant diseases
  6. Neurological diseases

The number of people currently on PIP who did not score 4 points in one category in their last assessment should not be equated with the number who are likely to not to be awarded the daily living component of PIP in future. Our intention is that changes will start to come into effect from November 2026, subject to parliamentary approval. After that date, people already in receipt of PIP will continue to be treated under the current rules, with only new claimants having the new criterion applied. As a result of behavioural responses to the change, we expect that a higher proportion of new claimants will score 4 points against at least one activity than happens currently.

We are consulting on how best to support those who are affected by the new eligibility changes, including ensuring health and care needs are met. We have also announced a wider review of the PIP assessment to make it fair and fit for purpose, which I am leading. We are bringing together a range of experts, stakeholders and people with lived experience to consider how best to do this. We will provide further details as plans progress.

Source: DWP Administrative Data

Notes:

  • Data only includes claimants living in regions under DWP policy ownership (England, Wales and Abroad).
  • Figures are for assessments from both initial decisions and award reviews, with the date of assessment decision and clearance in 2024.
  • Data includes normal rules claimants only, and excludes special rules for end of life (SREL) claimants as they typically receive maximum or very high scores.
  • Data only includes working age claimants.
  • Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. Values greater than 0 but below 5 have been replaced with a dash.
  • Totals may not sum due to rounding.
Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
25th Jun 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants in each subgroup of malignant disease recorded as the main disabling condition who were awarded more than 12 points in the living component but fewer than four points in a single daily living category were awarded a score of at least two in (a) six, (b) seven, (c) eight, (d) nine and (e) ten of the daily living categories in 2024.

The information requested is provided in the excel workbook attached. A content of the tables provided in the attached workbook is below:

The number of PIP claimants awarded Enhanced Daily Living who scored fewer than 4 point in all Daily Living activities and scored at least 2 points in six, seven, eight, nine or ten Daily Living activities in 2024 by primary medical condition:

  1. Respiratory diseases
  2. Musculoskeletal diseases (general)
  3. Musculoskeletal diseases (regional)
  4. Cardiovascular diseases
  5. Malignant diseases
  6. Neurological diseases

The number of people currently on PIP who did not score 4 points in one category in their last assessment should not be equated with the number who are likely to not to be awarded the daily living component of PIP in future. Our intention is that changes will start to come into effect from November 2026, subject to parliamentary approval. After that date, people already in receipt of PIP will continue to be treated under the current rules, with only new claimants having the new criterion applied. As a result of behavioural responses to the change, we expect that a higher proportion of new claimants will score 4 points against at least one activity than happens currently.

We are consulting on how best to support those who are affected by the new eligibility changes, including ensuring health and care needs are met. We have also announced a wider review of the PIP assessment to make it fair and fit for purpose, which I am leading. We are bringing together a range of experts, stakeholders and people with lived experience to consider how best to do this. We will provide further details as plans progress.

Source: DWP Administrative Data

Notes:

  • Data only includes claimants living in regions under DWP policy ownership (England, Wales and Abroad).
  • Figures are for assessments from both initial decisions and award reviews, with the date of assessment decision and clearance in 2024.
  • Data includes normal rules claimants only, and excludes special rules for end of life (SREL) claimants as they typically receive maximum or very high scores.
  • Data only includes working age claimants.
  • Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. Values greater than 0 but below 5 have been replaced with a dash.
  • Totals may not sum due to rounding.
Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
25th Jun 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants in each subgroup of neurological disease recorded as the main disabling condition who were awarded more than 12 points in the living component but fewer than four points in a single daily living category were awarded a score of at least two in (a) six, (b) seven, (c) eight, (d) nine and (e) ten of the daily living categories in 2024.

The information requested is provided in the excel workbook attached. A content of the tables provided in the attached workbook is below:

The number of PIP claimants awarded Enhanced Daily Living who scored fewer than 4 point in all Daily Living activities and scored at least 2 points in six, seven, eight, nine or ten Daily Living activities in 2024 by primary medical condition:

  1. Respiratory diseases
  2. Musculoskeletal diseases (general)
  3. Musculoskeletal diseases (regional)
  4. Cardiovascular diseases
  5. Malignant diseases
  6. Neurological diseases

The number of people currently on PIP who did not score 4 points in one category in their last assessment should not be equated with the number who are likely to not to be awarded the daily living component of PIP in future. Our intention is that changes will start to come into effect from November 2026, subject to parliamentary approval. After that date, people already in receipt of PIP will continue to be treated under the current rules, with only new claimants having the new criterion applied. As a result of behavioural responses to the change, we expect that a higher proportion of new claimants will score 4 points against at least one activity than happens currently.

We are consulting on how best to support those who are affected by the new eligibility changes, including ensuring health and care needs are met. We have also announced a wider review of the PIP assessment to make it fair and fit for purpose, which I am leading. We are bringing together a range of experts, stakeholders and people with lived experience to consider how best to do this. We will provide further details as plans progress.

Source: DWP Administrative Data

Notes:

  • Data only includes claimants living in regions under DWP policy ownership (England, Wales and Abroad).
  • Figures are for assessments from both initial decisions and award reviews, with the date of assessment decision and clearance in 2024.
  • Data includes normal rules claimants only, and excludes special rules for end of life (SREL) claimants as they typically receive maximum or very high scores.
  • Data only includes working age claimants.
  • Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. Values greater than 0 but below 5 have been replaced with a dash.
  • Totals may not sum due to rounding.
Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
24th Jun 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants in each subgroup of psychiatric disorders recorded as the main disabling condition were awarded (a) at least eight but fewer than 12 points in the living component and fewer than four points in a single daily living category and (b) at least 12 points in the living component but fewer than four points in a single daily living category were recorded as being in (i) part-time employment working fewer than 35 hours per week and (ii) full-time employment working 35 or more hours per week on 23 June 2025.

We only hold data on whether a claimant was employed or self-employed for each month up to March 2024. We do not hold any data on full-time or part-time work. Therefore, Table 1 shows the number of PIP claimants in employment in March 2024 who scored less than 4 points in all Daily Living activities, by Standard and Enhanced PIP Daily Living and primary medical condition.

Table 1. The number of PIP claimants in employment at the end of March 2024 who scored fewer than 4 points in all Daily Living activities, by Standard and Enhanced PIP Daily Living and primary medical condition.

Primary medical condition

Enhanced Daily Living

Standard Daily Living

All conditions

25,680

267,200

All psychiatric disorders

7,900

47,920

Anxiety disorders

290

2,530

Autistic spectrum disorders

690

3,130

Cognitive disorders

40

170

Conduct disorder (including oppositional defiant disorder)

-

10

Eating disorders

20

110

Enuresis

-

-

Faecal soiling (encopresis)

-

-

Hyperkinetic disorder

510

2,890

Learning disability global

170

400

Mixed anxiety and depressive disorders

3,280

20,510

Mood disorders

1,320

8,780

Obsessive compulsive disorder

70

600

Other psychiatric disorders of childhood

-

20

Personality disorder

360

2,390

Psychotic disorders

270

2,170

Somatoform and dissociative disorders

10

40

Specific learning disorder

160

610

Stress reactions

650

3,240

Substance (mis) use disorders

60

330

Notes:

  • Figures for England and Wales.
  • Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, ‘-‘ refers to fewer than 5 cases in this category.
  • Figures include both employed and self-employed PIP claimants.
  • PIP claimants scoring between 8 and 11 points across all ten Daily Living activities are awarded Standard Daily Living.
  • PIP claimants scoring 12 points or more across all ten Daily Living activities are awarded Enhanced Daily Living.
Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
24th Jun 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants in each subgroup of psychiatric disorders recorded as the main disabling condition were awarded (a) at least eight but fewer than 12 points in the living component and fewer than four points in a single daily living category and (b) at least 12 points in the living component but fewer than four points in a single daily living category and were (i) waiting for and (ii) receiving treatment for a (A) physical and (B) mental health condition as of 23 June 2025.

The Department does not hold data on whether Personal Independence Payment claimants are waiting for or receiving treatment for their primary medical condition.

Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
24th Jun 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants awarded (a) at least eight but fewer than 12 points in the daily living component and fewer than four points in a single daily living category and (b) at least 12 points in the daily living component but fewer than four points in a single daily living category were (i) in receipt of and (ii) eligible for out-of-work benefits as of 23 June 2025.

We only hold data on PIP claimants who are also in receipt of out of work benefits. We do not hold data on their eligibility for benefits they are not in receipt of. Table 1 shows the number of PIP claimants in receipt of out of work benefits in February 2025 who scored fewer than 4 points in all Daily Living activities, by Standard and Enhanced PIP Daily Living and primary medical condition.

Table 1. The number of PIP claimants in receipt of out of work benefits as of February 2025 who scored fewer than 4 points in all Daily Living activities, by Standard and Enhanced PIP Daily Living and primary medical condition.

Primary medical condition

Enhanced Daily Living

Standard Daily Living

All main medical conditions

168,380

791,140

All psychiatric disorders

66,490

243,070

Anxiety disorders

2,540

12,420

Autistic spectrum disorders

1,640

6,330

Cognitive disorders

320

800

Conduct disorder (including oppositional defiant disorder)

10

50

Eating disorders

110

380

Enuresis

-

10

Factitious disorder

-

-

Faecal soiling (encopresis)

-

20

Hyperkinetic disorder

1,690

7,380

Learning disability global

960

1,820

Mixed anxiety and depressive disorders

32,970

119,900

Mood disorders

11,440

39,870

Obsessive compulsive disorder

460

2,050

Other psychiatric disorders of childhood

20

70

Personality disorder

3,520

11,770

Psychotic disorders

4,220

19,930

Somatoform and dissociative disorders

70

270

Specific learning disorder

770

1,480

Stress reactions

4,650

14,470

Notes:

  • Figures for England and Wales.
  • Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, ‘-‘ refers to fewer than 5 cases in this category.
  • Figures for all claimants in receipt of PIP and out of work benefits, this includes claimants with suspended payments.
  • PIP claimants scoring between 8 and 11 points across all ten Daily Living activities are awarded Standard Daily Living.
  • PIP claimants scoring 12 points or more across all ten Daily Living activities are awarded Enhanced Daily Living.
  • Information on out of work benefits can be found here: Benefit Combinations - Data from May 2019 for England and Wales.
Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
24th Jun 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants in each subgroup of psychiatric disorders recorded as the main disabling condition were awarded (a) at least eight but fewer than 12 points in the living component and fewer than four points in a single daily living category and (b) at least 12 points in the living component but fewer than four points in a single daily living category and were (i) in receipt of and (ii) eligible for out-of-work benefits as of 23 June 2025.

We only hold data on PIP claimants who are also in receipt of out of work benefits. We do not hold data on their eligibility for benefits they are not in receipt of. Table 1 shows the number of PIP claimants in receipt of out of work benefits in February 2025 who scored fewer than 4 points in all Daily Living activities, by Standard and Enhanced PIP Daily Living and primary medical condition.

Table 1. The number of PIP claimants in receipt of out of work benefits as of February 2025 who scored fewer than 4 points in all Daily Living activities, by Standard and Enhanced PIP Daily Living and primary medical condition.

Primary medical condition

Enhanced Daily Living

Standard Daily Living

All main medical conditions

168,380

791,140

All psychiatric disorders

66,490

243,070

Anxiety disorders

2,540

12,420

Autistic spectrum disorders

1,640

6,330

Cognitive disorders

320

800

Conduct disorder (including oppositional defiant disorder)

10

50

Eating disorders

110

380

Enuresis

-

10

Factitious disorder

-

-

Faecal soiling (encopresis)

-

20

Hyperkinetic disorder

1,690

7,380

Learning disability global

960

1,820

Mixed anxiety and depressive disorders

32,970

119,900

Mood disorders

11,440

39,870

Obsessive compulsive disorder

460

2,050

Other psychiatric disorders of childhood

20

70

Personality disorder

3,520

11,770

Psychotic disorders

4,220

19,930

Somatoform and dissociative disorders

70

270

Specific learning disorder

770

1,480

Stress reactions

4,650

14,470

Notes:

  • Figures for England and Wales.
  • Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, ‘-‘ refers to fewer than 5 cases in this category.
  • Figures for all claimants in receipt of PIP and out of work benefits, this includes claimants with suspended payments.
  • PIP claimants scoring between 8 and 11 points across all ten Daily Living activities are awarded Standard Daily Living.
  • PIP claimants scoring 12 points or more across all ten Daily Living activities are awarded Enhanced Daily Living.
  • Information on out of work benefits can be found here: Benefit Combinations - Data from May 2019 for England and Wales.
Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
23rd Jun 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants in each subgroup of psychiatric disorders recorded as the main disabling condition who were awarded (a) more than 12 points in the living component but fewer than four points in a single daily living category were awarded a score of at least two in (i) six , (ii) seven, (iii) eight, (iv) nine and (v) ten of the daily living categories in 2024.

The table below shows the volume of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants who were awarded more than 12 points in the daily living component but fewer than 4 points in all daily living activities, broken down by the number of daily living activities in which they were awarded a score of at least two. This is provided for all PIP clearances which took place in 2024, for all PIP claimants and broken down by condition for those PIP claimants with a psychiatric disorder as their main disabling condition. This includes point scores from assessments associated with initial decisions as well as award reviews.

Table 1: Selected detail on PIP point scores for PIP claimants with more than 12 daily living points but fewer than 4 points in all daily living activities

Condition subcategory

PIP claimants awarded 2 or more points in the following number of daily living activities

Total

Six

Seven

Eight

Nine

Ten

All PIP claimants

33,280

5,420

480

20

0

39,190

All claimants with psychiatric disorders

15,980

2,180

170

10

0

18,330

ADHD / ADD

500

80

10

-

0

580

Agoraphobia

60

10

0

0

0

70

Alcohol misuse

190

20

-

0

0

210

Anorexia nervosa

10

-

-

0

0

10

Anxiety and depressive disorders - mixed

8,200

1,090

70

-

0

9,360

Anxiety disorders - Other / type not known

410

50

10

0

0

460

Asperger syndrome

70

10

0

0

0

80

Autism

280

50

10

0

0

330

Bipolar affective disorder (Hypomania / Mania)

990

120

10

-

0

1,120

Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD)

-

-

0

0

0

10

Bulimia nervosa

-

0

0

0

0

-

Cognitive disorder due to stroke

10

-

0

0

0

20

Cognitive disorders - Other / type not known

30

10

-

0

0

50

Conduct disorder (including oppositional defiant disorder)

-

0

0

0

0

-

Conversion disorder (hysteria)

-

-

0

0

0

-

Dementia

20

-

0

0

0

20

Depressive disorder

1,760

250

10

-

0

2,020

Dissociative disorders - Other / type not known

-

-

0

0

0

10

Down's syndrome

-

0

0

0

0

-

Drug misuse

70

10

0

0

0

80

Dyslexia

50

20

-

0

0

70

Dyspraxia

10

10

-

0

0

20

Eating disorders not otherwise specified (EDNOS)

10

10

0

0

0

20

Faecal soiling (encopresis)

0

0

0

0

0

0

Fragile X syndrome

0

0

0

0

0

0

Generalised anxiety disorder

120

10

-

-

0

140

Learning disability - Other / type not known

100

40

-

0

0

140

Mood disorders - Other / type not known

70

10

-

0

0

90

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)

100

10

-

0

0

110

Panic disorder

40

10

0

0

0

50

Personality disorder

810

120

10

0

0

940

Phobia - Social

10

-

0

0

0

10

Phobia - Specific

-

0

0

0

0

-

Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

1,070

150

10

-

0

1,240

Psychiatric disorders of childhood - Other / type not known

-

-

0

0

0

10

Psychotic disorders - Other / type not known

220

20

-

0

0

240

Schizoaffective disorder

120

10

-

0

0

130

Schizophrenia

560

50

10

0

0

610

Somatoform disorders - Other / type not known

-

0

0

0

0

-

Specific learning disorder - Other / type not known

50

20

-

0

0

70

Speech or language disorder

-

-

0

0

0

10

Stress reaction disorders - Other / type not known

20

0

0

0

0

20

Source: DWP Administrative Data

Notes:

  • Data only includes claimants living in regions under DWP policy ownership (England, Wales and Abroad).
  • Figures are for assessments from both initial decisions and award reviews, with the date of assessment decision and clearance in 2024.
  • Data includes normal rules claimants only, and excludes special rules for end of life (SREL) claimants as they typically receive maximum or very high scores.
  • Data only includes working age claimants.
  • Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. Values greater than 0 but below 5 have been replaced with a dash.
  • Totals may not sum due to rounding.

The number of people currently on PIP who did not score 4 points in one category in their last assessment should not be equated with the number who are likely to lose PIP in future. It’s important to make a clear distinction between the two, not least because we don’t want constituents to be unnecessarily fearful about their situation, when we understand many are already anxious. Someone who didn’t score 4 points in an activity in a previous assessment may well score 4 points in a future assessment – not least as many conditions tend to get worse, not better, over time. Under the current eligibility criteria, 19% of award reviews over the last 5 years have resulted in an increased award. After accounting for behavioural changes, the OBR predicts that 9 out 10 PIP recipients at the time of policy implementation are expected to be unaffected by the PIP 4-point change in 2029/30.

Our intention is that changes will start to come into effect from November 2026 for PIP, subject to parliamentary approval. After that date, no one will lose PIP without first being reassessed by a trained assessor or healthcare professional, who assesses individual needs and circumstance. Reassessments happen on average every 3 years. No one over state pension age at the time any changes come in will be affected.

The change includes a run-on of PIP entitlement for 13 weeks as a financial protection, which will apply to claimants who lose entitlement on award review because of the new requirement. This run-on will extend to passported benefits such as Carer’s Allowance and the UC carer’s element. Claimants will continue to receive these awards during the run on period.

Even with these reforms, the overall number of working age people on PIP/DLA is expected to rise by 750,000 by the end of this Parliament and spending will rise from £23 billion in 24/25 to £31 billion in 29/30.

We are consulting on how best to support those who are affected by the new eligibility changes, including ensuring health and care needs are met. We have also announced a wider review of the PIP assessment to make it fair and fit for purpose, which I am leading. We are bringing together a range of experts, stakeholders and people with lived experience to consider how best to do this. We will provide further details as plans progress.

Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
23rd Jun 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants in each psychiatric disorder subgroup recorded as the main disabling condition were awarded (a) 12 points or more in the daily living component but fewer than 4 points in a single daily living category, (b) 22 points in the daily living component but fewer than 4 points in a single daily living category, (c) 19 points in the daily living component but fewer than 4 points in a single daily living category and (d) 41 points or more in the in the daily living component in 2024.

In 2024, 62,370 PIP claimants were awarded 12 or more points across all of their Daily Living activities but scored fewer than 4 points in each activity. A breakdown of those claimants with a primary condition in the Psychiatric Disorder category by their primary condition is provided in Table 1 below. This includes point scores from assessments associated with initial decisions as well as award reviews.

Table 1: Volume of PIP claimants who scored 12 or more points total in Daily Living activities, but scored less than 4 points in all questions by Psychiatric Disorder

Main Condition

Number of awards / award reviews

ADHD / ADD

840

Agoraphobia

90

Alcohol misuse

280

Anorexia nervosa

20

Anxiety and depressive disorders - mixed

12,470

Anxiety disorders - Other / type not known

660

Asperger syndrome

130

Autism

530

Bipolar affective disorder (Hypomania / Mania)

1,370

Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD)

10

Bulimia nervosa

-

Cognitive disorder due to stroke

30

Cognitive disorders - Other / type not known

60

Conduct disorder (including oppositional defiant disorder)

10

Conversion disorder (hysteria)

-

Dementia

20

Depressive disorder

2,700

Dissociative disorders - Other / type not known

10

Down's syndrome

-

Drug misuse

120

Dyslexia

100

Dyspraxia

40

Eating disorders not otherwise specified (EDNOS)

20

Faecal soiling (encopresis)

-

Fragile X syndrome

-

Generalised anxiety disorder

190

Learning disability - Other / type not known

220

Mood disorders - Other / type not known

110

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)

170

Panic disorder

60

Personality disorder

1,160

Phobia - Social

20

Phobia - Specific

-

Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

1,640

Psychiatric disorders of childhood - Other / type not known

10

Psychotic disorders - Other / type not known

300

Schizoaffective disorder

140

Schizophrenia

730

Somatoform disorders - Other / type not known

-

Specific learning disorder - other / type not known

90

Speech or language disorder

10

Stress reaction disorders - Other / type not known

20

In 2024, 10 claimants were awarded PIP and scored 19 or more points across all of their Daily Living activities but scored fewer than 4 points in each activity. A breakdown of those claimants with a primary condition in the Psychiatric Disorder category by their primary condition cannot be provided, as all values are less than 5 and must therefore be omitted to protect against claimant identification.

It is not possible to score more than 21 points across all Daily Living activities while scoring fewer than 4 points in each activity, therefore there are no claimants who scored 22 points across all Daily Living activities but scored fewer than 4 points in each activity.

In 2024, 6,160 claimants were awarded PIP and scored 41 or more points across all of their Daily Living activities. A breakdown of those claimants with a primary condition in the Psychiatric Disorder category by their primary condition is provided in Table 2 below. This includes point scores from assessments associated with initial decisions as well as award reviews.

Table 2: Volume of PIP claimants who scored 41 or more points total in Daily Living activities

Main Condition

Number of awards / award reviews

ADHD / ADD

30

Agoraphobia

0

Alcohol misuse

10

Anorexia nervosa

-

Anxiety and depressive disorders - mixed

40

Anxiety disorders - Other / type not known

-

Asperger syndrome

10

Autism

1,020

Bipolar affective disorder (Hypomania / Mania)

10

Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD)

0

Bulimia nervosa

0

Cognitive disorder due to stroke

20

Cognitive disorders - Other / type not known

20

Conduct disorder (including oppositional defiant disorder)

-

Conversion disorder (hysteria)

0

Dementia

120

Depressive disorder

20

Dissociative disorders - Other / type not known

-

Down's syndrome

280

Drug misuse

0

Dyslexia

0

Dyspraxia

-

Eating disorders not otherwise specified (EDNOS)

0

Faecal soiling (encopresis)

0

Fragile X syndrome

20

Generalised anxiety disorder

0

Learning disability - Other / type not known

790

Mood disorders - Other / type not known

0

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)

0

Panic disorder

0

Personality disorder

-

Phobia - Social

-

Phobia - Specific

0

Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

10

Psychiatric disorders of childhood - Other / type not known

-

Psychotic disorders - Other / type not known

10

Schizoaffective disorder

-

Schizophrenia

20

Somatoform disorders - Other / type not known

-

Specific learning disorder - other / type not known

70

Speech or language disorder

10

Stress reaction disorders - Other / type not known

0

The number of people currently on PIP who did not score 4 points in one category in their last assessment should not be equated with the number who are likely to lose PIP in future. It’s important to make a clear distinction between the two, not least because we don’t want constituents to be unnecessarily fearful about their situation, when we understand many are already anxious. Someone who didn’t score 4 points in an activity in a previous assessment may well score 4 points in a future assessment – not least as many conditions tend to get worse, not better, over time. Under the current eligibility criteria, 19% of award reviews over the last 5 years have resulted in an increased award. After accounting for behavioural changes, the OBR predicts that 9 out 10 PIP recipients at the time of policy implementation are expected to be unaffected by the PIP 4-point change in 2029/30.

Our intention is that changes will start to come into effect from November 2026 for PIP, subject to parliamentary approval. After that date, no one will lose PIP without first being reassessed by a trained assessor or healthcare professional, who assesses individual needs and circumstance. Reassessments happen on average every 3 years. No one over state pension age at the time any changes come in will be affected.

The change includes a run-on of PIP entitlement for 13 weeks as a financial protection, which will apply to claimants who lose entitlement on award review because of the new requirement. This run-on will extend to passported benefits such as Carer’s Allowance and the UC carer’s element. Claimants will continue to receive these awards during the run on period.

Even with these reforms, the overall number of working age people on PIP/DLA is expected to rise by 750,000 by the end of this Parliament and spending will rise from £23 billion in 24/25 to £31 billion in 29/30.

We are consulting on how best to support those who are affected by the new eligibility changes, including ensuring health and care needs are met. We have also announced a wider review of the PIP assessment to make it fair and fit for purpose, which I am leading. We are bringing together a range of experts, stakeholders and people with lived experience to consider how best to do this. We will provide further details as plans progress.

Notes:

- The data provided have been rounded to the nearest 10. Values greater than 0 but lower than 5 have been replaced with a dash.

- The data provided covers claimants who fall under DWP policy ownership only (England, Wales and Abroad).

- The data provided includes normal rules claimants only and excludes special rules for end of life (SREL) claimants as they typically receive maximum or very high scores.

- The data provided covers working age claimants only.

- The volumes provided are from assessments for both initial decisions and award reviews, with the assessment decision and clearance in 2024.

Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
23rd Jun 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants who were awarded more than 12 points in the living component but fewer than 4 points in a single daily living category were awarded a score of at least two in (a) six, (b) seven, (c) eight, (d) nine and (e) ten of the daily living categories in 2024.

The table below shows the volume of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants who were awarded more than 12 points in the daily living component but fewer than 4 points in all daily living activities, broken down by the number of daily living activities in which they were awarded a score of at least two. This is provided for all PIP clearances which took place in 2024, for all PIP claimants and broken down by condition for those PIP claimants with a psychiatric disorder as their main disabling condition. This includes point scores from assessments associated with initial decisions as well as award reviews.

Table 1: Selected detail on PIP point scores for PIP claimants with more than 12 daily living points but fewer than 4 points in all daily living activities

Condition subcategory

PIP claimants awarded 2 or more points in the following number of daily living activities

Total

Six

Seven

Eight

Nine

Ten

All PIP claimants

33,280

5,420

480

20

0

39,190

All claimants with psychiatric disorders

15,980

2,180

170

10

0

18,330

ADHD / ADD

500

80

10

-

0

580

Agoraphobia

60

10

0

0

0

70

Alcohol misuse

190

20

-

0

0

210

Anorexia nervosa

10

-

-

0

0

10

Anxiety and depressive disorders - mixed

8,200

1,090

70

-

0

9,360

Anxiety disorders - Other / type not known

410

50

10

0

0

460

Asperger syndrome

70

10

0

0

0

80

Autism

280

50

10

0

0

330

Bipolar affective disorder (Hypomania / Mania)

990

120

10

-

0

1,120

Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD)

-

-

0

0

0

10

Bulimia nervosa

-

0

0

0

0

-

Cognitive disorder due to stroke

10

-

0

0

0

20

Cognitive disorders - Other / type not known

30

10

-

0

0

50

Conduct disorder (including oppositional defiant disorder)

-

0

0

0

0

-

Conversion disorder (hysteria)

-

-

0

0

0

-

Dementia

20

-

0

0

0

20

Depressive disorder

1,760

250

10

-

0

2,020

Dissociative disorders - Other / type not known

-

-

0

0

0

10

Down's syndrome

-

0

0

0

0

-

Drug misuse

70

10

0

0

0

80

Dyslexia

50

20

-

0

0

70

Dyspraxia

10

10

-

0

0

20

Eating disorders not otherwise specified (EDNOS)

10

10

0

0

0

20

Faecal soiling (encopresis)

0

0

0

0

0

0

Fragile X syndrome

0

0

0

0

0

0

Generalised anxiety disorder

120

10

-

-

0

140

Learning disability - Other / type not known

100

40

-

0

0

140

Mood disorders - Other / type not known

70

10

-

0

0

90

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)

100

10

-

0

0

110

Panic disorder

40

10

0

0

0

50

Personality disorder

810

120

10

0

0

940

Phobia - Social

10

-

0

0

0

10

Phobia - Specific

-

0

0

0

0

-

Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

1,070

150

10

-

0

1,240

Psychiatric disorders of childhood - Other / type not known

-

-

0

0

0

10

Psychotic disorders - Other / type not known

220

20

-

0

0

240

Schizoaffective disorder

120

10

-

0

0

130

Schizophrenia

560

50

10

0

0

610

Somatoform disorders - Other / type not known

-

0

0

0

0

-

Specific learning disorder - Other / type not known

50

20

-

0

0

70

Speech or language disorder

-

-

0

0

0

10

Stress reaction disorders - Other / type not known

20

0

0

0

0

20

Source: DWP Administrative Data

Notes:

  • Data only includes claimants living in regions under DWP policy ownership (England, Wales and Abroad).
  • Figures are for assessments from both initial decisions and award reviews, with the date of assessment decision and clearance in 2024.
  • Data includes normal rules claimants only, and excludes special rules for end of life (SREL) claimants as they typically receive maximum or very high scores.
  • Data only includes working age claimants.
  • Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. Values greater than 0 but below 5 have been replaced with a dash.
  • Totals may not sum due to rounding.

The number of people currently on PIP who did not score 4 points in one category in their last assessment should not be equated with the number who are likely to lose PIP in future. It’s important to make a clear distinction between the two, not least because we don’t want constituents to be unnecessarily fearful about their situation, when we understand many are already anxious. Someone who didn’t score 4 points in an activity in a previous assessment may well score 4 points in a future assessment – not least as many conditions tend to get worse, not better, over time. Under the current eligibility criteria, 19% of award reviews over the last 5 years have resulted in an increased award. After accounting for behavioural changes, the OBR predicts that 9 out 10 PIP recipients at the time of policy implementation are expected to be unaffected by the PIP 4-point change in 2029/30.

Our intention is that changes will start to come into effect from November 2026 for PIP, subject to parliamentary approval. After that date, no one will lose PIP without first being reassessed by a trained assessor or healthcare professional, who assesses individual needs and circumstance. Reassessments happen on average every 3 years. No one over state pension age at the time any changes come in will be affected.

The change includes a run-on of PIP entitlement for 13 weeks as a financial protection, which will apply to claimants who lose entitlement on award review because of the new requirement. This run-on will extend to passported benefits such as Carer’s Allowance and the UC carer’s element. Claimants will continue to receive these awards during the run on period.

Even with these reforms, the overall number of working age people on PIP/DLA is expected to rise by 750,000 by the end of this Parliament and spending will rise from £23 billion in 24/25 to £31 billion in 29/30.

We are consulting on how best to support those who are affected by the new eligibility changes, including ensuring health and care needs are met. We have also announced a wider review of the PIP assessment to make it fair and fit for purpose, which I am leading. We are bringing together a range of experts, stakeholders and people with lived experience to consider how best to do this. We will provide further details as plans progress.

Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
23rd Jun 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants who were awarded (a) at least eight but fewer than 12 points in the living component and fewer than four points in a single daily living category and (b) at least 12 points in the living component but fewer than four points in a single daily living category were (i) waiting for and (ii) receiving treatment for a physical or mental health condition on 23 June 2025.

The Department does not hold data on whether Personal Independence Payment claimants are waiting for or receiving treatment for their primary medical condition.

Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
23rd Jun 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants were awarded (a) 12 or more points in the daily living component but fewer than 4 points in a single daily living category, (b) 22 points in the daily living component but fewer than 4 points in a single daily living category, (c) 19 points in the daily living component but fewer than 4 points in a single daily living category and (d) 41 points or more in the daily living component in 2024.

In 2024, 62,370 PIP claimants were awarded 12 or more points across all of their Daily Living activities but scored fewer than 4 points in each activity. A breakdown of those claimants with a primary condition in the Psychiatric Disorder category by their primary condition is provided in Table 1 below. This includes point scores from assessments associated with initial decisions as well as award reviews.

Table 1: Volume of PIP claimants who scored 12 or more points total in Daily Living activities, but scored less than 4 points in all questions by Psychiatric Disorder

Main Condition

Number of awards / award reviews

ADHD / ADD

840

Agoraphobia

90

Alcohol misuse

280

Anorexia nervosa

20

Anxiety and depressive disorders - mixed

12,470

Anxiety disorders - Other / type not known

660

Asperger syndrome

130

Autism

530

Bipolar affective disorder (Hypomania / Mania)

1,370

Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD)

10

Bulimia nervosa

-

Cognitive disorder due to stroke

30

Cognitive disorders - Other / type not known

60

Conduct disorder (including oppositional defiant disorder)

10

Conversion disorder (hysteria)

-

Dementia

20

Depressive disorder

2,700

Dissociative disorders - Other / type not known

10

Down's syndrome

-

Drug misuse

120

Dyslexia

100

Dyspraxia

40

Eating disorders not otherwise specified (EDNOS)

20

Faecal soiling (encopresis)

-

Fragile X syndrome

-

Generalised anxiety disorder

190

Learning disability - Other / type not known

220

Mood disorders - Other / type not known

110

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)

170

Panic disorder

60

Personality disorder

1,160

Phobia - Social

20

Phobia - Specific

-

Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

1,640

Psychiatric disorders of childhood - Other / type not known

10

Psychotic disorders - Other / type not known

300

Schizoaffective disorder

140

Schizophrenia

730

Somatoform disorders - Other / type not known

-

Specific learning disorder - other / type not known

90

Speech or language disorder

10

Stress reaction disorders - Other / type not known

20

In 2024, 10 claimants were awarded PIP and scored 19 or more points across all of their Daily Living activities but scored fewer than 4 points in each activity. A breakdown of those claimants with a primary condition in the Psychiatric Disorder category by their primary condition cannot be provided, as all values are less than 5 and must therefore be omitted to protect against claimant identification.

It is not possible to score more than 21 points across all Daily Living activities while scoring fewer than 4 points in each activity, therefore there are no claimants who scored 22 points across all Daily Living activities but scored fewer than 4 points in each activity.

In 2024, 6,160 claimants were awarded PIP and scored 41 or more points across all of their Daily Living activities. A breakdown of those claimants with a primary condition in the Psychiatric Disorder category by their primary condition is provided in Table 2 below. This includes point scores from assessments associated with initial decisions as well as award reviews.

Table 2: Volume of PIP claimants who scored 41 or more points total in Daily Living activities

Main Condition

Number of awards / award reviews

ADHD / ADD

30

Agoraphobia

0

Alcohol misuse

10

Anorexia nervosa

-

Anxiety and depressive disorders - mixed

40

Anxiety disorders - Other / type not known

-

Asperger syndrome

10

Autism

1,020

Bipolar affective disorder (Hypomania / Mania)

10

Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD)

0

Bulimia nervosa

0

Cognitive disorder due to stroke

20

Cognitive disorders - Other / type not known

20

Conduct disorder (including oppositional defiant disorder)

-

Conversion disorder (hysteria)

0

Dementia

120

Depressive disorder

20

Dissociative disorders - Other / type not known

-

Down's syndrome

280

Drug misuse

0

Dyslexia

0

Dyspraxia

-

Eating disorders not otherwise specified (EDNOS)

0

Faecal soiling (encopresis)

0

Fragile X syndrome

20

Generalised anxiety disorder

0

Learning disability - Other / type not known

790

Mood disorders - Other / type not known

0

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)

0

Panic disorder

0

Personality disorder

-

Phobia - Social

-

Phobia - Specific

0

Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

10

Psychiatric disorders of childhood - Other / type not known

-

Psychotic disorders - Other / type not known

10

Schizoaffective disorder

-

Schizophrenia

20

Somatoform disorders - Other / type not known

-

Specific learning disorder - other / type not known

70

Speech or language disorder

10

Stress reaction disorders - Other / type not known

0

The number of people currently on PIP who did not score 4 points in one category in their last assessment should not be equated with the number who are likely to lose PIP in future. It’s important to make a clear distinction between the two, not least because we don’t want constituents to be unnecessarily fearful about their situation, when we understand many are already anxious. Someone who didn’t score 4 points in an activity in a previous assessment may well score 4 points in a future assessment – not least as many conditions tend to get worse, not better, over time. Under the current eligibility criteria, 19% of award reviews over the last 5 years have resulted in an increased award. After accounting for behavioural changes, the OBR predicts that 9 out 10 PIP recipients at the time of policy implementation are expected to be unaffected by the PIP 4-point change in 2029/30.

Our intention is that changes will start to come into effect from November 2026 for PIP, subject to parliamentary approval. After that date, no one will lose PIP without first being reassessed by a trained assessor or healthcare professional, who assesses individual needs and circumstance. Reassessments happen on average every 3 years. No one over state pension age at the time any changes come in will be affected.

The change includes a run-on of PIP entitlement for 13 weeks as a financial protection, which will apply to claimants who lose entitlement on award review because of the new requirement. This run-on will extend to passported benefits such as Carer’s Allowance and the UC carer’s element. Claimants will continue to receive these awards during the run on period.

Even with these reforms, the overall number of working age people on PIP/DLA is expected to rise by 750,000 by the end of this Parliament and spending will rise from £23 billion in 24/25 to £31 billion in 29/30.

We are consulting on how best to support those who are affected by the new eligibility changes, including ensuring health and care needs are met. We have also announced a wider review of the PIP assessment to make it fair and fit for purpose, which I am leading. We are bringing together a range of experts, stakeholders and people with lived experience to consider how best to do this. We will provide further details as plans progress.

Notes:

- The data provided have been rounded to the nearest 10. Values greater than 0 but lower than 5 have been replaced with a dash.

- The data provided covers claimants who fall under DWP policy ownership only (England, Wales and Abroad).

- The data provided includes normal rules claimants only and excludes special rules for end of life (SREL) claimants as they typically receive maximum or very high scores.

- The data provided covers working age claimants only.

- The volumes provided are from assessments for both initial decisions and award reviews, with the assessment decision and clearance in 2024.

Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
24th Apr 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are claiming Personal Independence Payments in each region.

Data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) can be found on Stat Xplore. The requested data can be found in ‘PIP Cases with Entitlement from 2019’, by filtering for region using the ‘Geography’ filter to select ‘National – Regional – LA – OAs’ and ‘DWP Policy ownership’.

For the primary health condition, the ‘Disability’ filter can be used.

You can log in or access Stat-Xplore as a guest user and, if needed, you can access guidance on how to extract the information required.

Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
24th Apr 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are claiming PIP, by main disabling condition in each region.

Data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) can be found on Stat Xplore. The requested data can be found in ‘PIP Cases with Entitlement from 2019’, by filtering for region using the ‘Geography’ filter to select ‘National – Regional – LA – OAs’ and ‘DWP Policy ownership’.

For the primary health condition, the ‘Disability’ filter can be used.

You can log in or access Stat-Xplore as a guest user and, if needed, you can access guidance on how to extract the information required.

Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
24th Apr 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are claiming Carers Allowance to care for someone claiming (a) PIP and (b) other benefits in each region.

As of August 2024, the number of individuals claiming Carer’s Allowance to care for someone in Wales and the regions of England is detailed in the table below. The data is categorised by Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and other benefits, which include Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Attendance Allowance (AA).

PIP

Other benefits

North East

49,613

33,816

North West

103,770

79,691

Yorkshire and the Humber

77,813

57,633

East Midlands

58,508

46,019

West Midlands

80,861

61,782

East of England

54,677

55,146

London

75,577

68,676

South East

66,769

73,950

South West

47,855

45,875

Wales

50,648

34,350

Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
24th Apr 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are claiming Carers Allowance, by main disabling condition of the person they care for in each region.

The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
24th Feb 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many social media accounts her Department operates; and how much her Department spent on social media (a) subscriptions and (b) advertisements on each social media platform in each of the last three years.

There are a total of 80 social media accounts that are operated across the department. A full list of handles can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-registered-twitter-accounts/dwp-official-twitter-accounts

There are currently no paid for subscriptions to any of these services.

Spending on social media advertising for the last three years is outlined below. This does not include cross-government campaign costs which cannot be disaggregated between Departments:

2022

2023

2024

Totals

LinkedIn

£188,679

£0

£14,381

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Andrew Western
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
16th Jun 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals were made to mental health services, by ethnicity in (a) 2021-22, (b) 2022-23 and (c) 2023-24.

The tables attached show the number of referrals made to Mental Health Services and to NHS Talking Therapy services by ethnicity, in 2021/22, 2022/23, and 2023/24.

Please note that these counts include rejected referrals and will be impacted by data quality issues, particularly where there are changes to the system suppliers and transfers of caseloads between providers.

Stephen Kinnock
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
16th Jun 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals were made to mental health services, by patient age in (a) 2021-22, (b) 2022-23 and (c) 2023-24.

The tables attached show the number of referrals received for Mental Health Services and for NHS Talking Therapy services, by age at referral and financial year, for 2021/22, 2022/23, and 2023/24.

It should be noted that the majority of NHS Talking Therapy services are for those aged over 18 years old, with some including support for 16 to 17 year olds. In addition, these counts include rejected referrals and will be impacted by data quality issues, particularly where there are changes of system suppliers and transfers of caseloads between providers.

Stephen Kinnock
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
16th Jun 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals were made to mental health services, by primary reason for referral in (a) 2021-22, (b) 2022-23 and (c) 2023-24.

The tables attached show the number of referrals to Mental Health services by primary reason for referral in 2021/22, 2022/23, and 2023/24, as well as the number of referrals to Talking Therapies services by presenting complaint in 2021/22, 2022/23, and 2023/24.

Stephen Kinnock
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
16th Jun 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals made to mental health services in (a) 2021-22, (b) 2022-23 and (c) 2023-24 waited longer than 12 months between referral and second contact.

The following table shows the number of referrals received by Mental Health services that waited longer than 12 months between referral and second contact for the years 2021/22, 2022/23, and 2023/24:

Year

Number of referrals

2021/22

322,075

2022/23

394,179

2023/24

448,154

Source: Mental Health Services Data Set.

In addition, the following table shows the number of referrals received by NHS Talking Therapies that waited longer than 12 months between referral and second contact for the years 2021/22, 2022/23, and 2023/24:

Year

Number of referrals

2021/22

22,874

2022/23

20,520

2023/24

21,981

Source: NHS Talking Therapies.

Stephen Kinnock
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
2nd Jun 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of people who had been referred to (a) secondary mental health services and (b) NHS Talking Therapies who were referred with (i) autistic spectrum disorders, (ii) ADHD, (iii) dyslexia, (iv) dyspraxia, (v) PTSD, (vi) schizophrenia and (vii) anxiety disorders as the other presenting condition or symptom for referral were waiting for a first contact on 31 January 2025, by NHS Trust.

Information on mental health conditions by referral is not available, and a diagnosis may not have been established at the time of referral.

Stephen Kinnock
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
2nd Jun 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of people on waiting lists for mental health services who had been waiting for first contact for (a) five years and over, (b) between three and five years, (c) between two and three years, (d) between one year and two years, (e) between six months and one year, (f) between three and six months and (g) less than three months on 31 January 2025, broken down by NHS region.

The information requested for secondary mental health services, including learning disability and autism services) is in the attached table. NHS Talking Therapies data is not included, and is published separately at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-mental-health-dashboard/

Since July 2023, NHS England has included waiting times metrics for referrals to community-based mental health services in its monthly mental health statistics publication to increase transparency and drive improvements in the quality of data and help services to target the longest waits. The data in the table will not align with these published statistics. For adult community mental health, the waiting list is defined as someone still waiting for a second contact whereas the data in the table are for people waiting for a first contact. However, for children and young people, the waiting list is defined as someone still waiting for a first contact.

Stephen Kinnock
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
2nd Jun 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of people on waiting lists for mental health services who had been waiting for first contact for (a) five years and over, (b) between three and five years, (c) between two and three years, (d) between one year and two years, (e) between six months and one year, (f) between three and six months and (g) less than three months on 31 January 2025, broken down by Integrated Care Board.

The information requested for secondary mental health services, including learning disability and autism services, is in the attached table. The data presented is a count of people. However, some people may have multiple referrals waiting for treatment and may fall into multiple waiting time categories. The data also includes people who failed to attend their appointment.

NHS Talking Therapies data is not included, and is available separately at:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-mental-health-dashboard/

Since July 2023, NHS England has included waiting times metrics for referrals to community-based mental health services in its monthly mental health statistics publication to increase transparency and drive improvements in the quality of data and help services to target the longest waits. The data in the table will not align with these published statistics. For adult community mental health, the waiting list is defined as someone still waiting for a second contact whereas the data in the table is for people waiting for a first contact. However, for children and young people, the waiting list is defined as someone still waiting for a first contact.

Stephen Kinnock
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
2nd Jun 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of people who had been referred to (a) secondary mental health services and (b) NHS Talking Therapies who were referred with (i) autistic spectrum disorders, (ii) ADHD, (iii) dyslexia, (iv) dyspraxia, (v) PTSD, (vi) schizophrenia and (vii) anxiety disorders as the primary presenting condition or symptom for referral were waiting for a first contact on 31 January 2025, by NHS Trust.

Information on mental health conditions by referral is not available, and a diagnosis may not have been established at the time of referral.

Stephen Kinnock
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
2nd Jun 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of people who had been referred to (a) secondary mental health services and (b) NHS Talking Therapies who were referred with (i) autistic spectrum disorders, (ii) ADHD, (iii) dyslexia, (iv) dyspraxia, (v) PTSD, (vi) schizophrenia and (vii) anxiety disorders as the other presenting condition or symptom for referral were waiting for a first contact on 31 January 2025, broken down by integrated care board.

Information on mental health conditions by referral is not available, and a diagnosis may not have been established at the time of referral.

Stephen Kinnock
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
2nd Jun 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of people who had been referred to (a) secondary mental health services and (b) NHS Talking Therapies who were referred with (i) autistic spectrum disorders, (ii) ADHD, (iii) dyslexia, (iv) dyspraxia, (v) PTSD, (vi) schizophrenia and (vii) anxiety disorders as the primary presenting condition or symptom for referral were waiting for a first contact on 31 January 2025, broken down by integrated care board.

Information on mental health conditions by referral is not available, and a diagnosis may not have been established at the time of referral.

Stephen Kinnock
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)