Social Security Benefits: Autism

(asked on 21st April 2016) - View Source
Questioner
Lisa Cameron Portrait
Lisa Cameron
(Conservative - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of (a) employment and support allowance, (b) disability living allowance and (c) personal independence payments have been diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder.

Answered by
Priti Patel Portrait
Priti Patel
This question was answered on 28th April 2016

Statistics for the relevant main disabling conditions recorded for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) claimants, are given in the tables below:

Table 1 – Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) recipients with main disabling condition of Pervasive Development Disorders (PDD), Great Britain: August 2015

ESA

All conditions

2,355,160

Pervasive Development Disorders

9,920

Source: DWP 100% data

Table 2 – Disability Living Allowance (DLA) (cases in payment) by specified main disabling conditions of Asperger’s Syndrome, Autism and Other learning difficulties, Great Britain: August 2015

DLA

All conditions

3,020,610

Asperger's Syndrome

38,320

Autism

118,080

Other Learning Difficulties (inc. Asperger's Syndrome and Autism)

142,910

Source: DWP 100% data

Such information as is available on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) awards for those whose main disabling condition is listed as Autistic Spectrum Disorder is published on Gov.UK: 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.

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