Personal Independence Payment: Standards

(asked on 28th June 2022) - View Source
Questioner
Chris Stephens Portrait
Chris Stephens
(Scottish National Party - Glasgow South West)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were awaiting an assessment for Personal Independence Payment in each of the last 12 months for which data are available.

Answered by
Chloe Smith Portrait
Chloe Smith
This question was answered on 4th July 2022

The total number of claimants that were awaiting an assessment for Personal Independence Payment (PIP), in each of the last 12 months, is provided in the table below.

Month

People Awaiting Assessment

Jun-21

220,840

Jul-21

235,790

Aug-21

266,650

Sep-21

279,600

Oct-21

295,570

Nov-21

294,750

Dec-21

311,870

Jan-22

313,420

Feb-22

312,480

Mar-22

311,390

Apr-22

317,220

May-22

312,470

Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.

All of the above data is derived from contractual management information produced by the assessment providers.

Please note: the above data is derived from unpublished management information which is collected for internal departmental use only and has not been quality assured to Official Statistics Publication standards.

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