Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with a brain tumour as their main disabling condition have (a) applied for and (b) received personal independence payments in each year since 2013.

The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Brain tumour is not recorded as a separate category in the main disabling condition list as recorded on the PIP computer system.

Information is published in relation to primary disabling conditions where available, this can be found on Stat-Xplore: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/.

Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html.

Data is based on primary disabling condition as recorded on the PIP computer system. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which the decision is based but only the primary condition is shown in these published statistics.

In the application process, claimants’ main disabling condition is only recorded for collation by the Department at assessment. It is not recorded at the point of application. The Department does not therefore hold data on the number of applicants to PIP with particular conditions. Only those who have a disability assessment determination decision will have a main disabling condition recorded for them.