Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of claims for (a) personal independence payments and (b) employment and support allowance being allowed for (i) mental and (ii) physical health conditions in the last five years.

We continue to keep all aspects of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP), including the outcome of claims by main disabling condition, under review to ensure the benefits are working as intended. Information on the number of claims cleared at assessment by condition is available on Stat-Xplore (Stat-Xplore - Log in (dwp.gov.uk)). You can log in or access Stat-Xplore as a guest user and, if needed, you can access guidance (User Guide (dwp.gov.uk)) on how to extract the information required.