Personal Independence Payment: Employment
(asked on 24th April 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Personal Independence Payment recipients are in work in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) St Helens Local Authority, (c) the Liverpool City Region and (d) nationally.
This question was answered on 2nd May 2025
The proportion of working age Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants who are in work can be found in the table below.
Table 1: Working age Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants who are in work
| Percentage in work |
St Helens North Parliamentary Constituency | 20% |
St Helens Local Authority | 20% |
Liverpool City Region | 19% |
England and Wales | 20% |
Notes:
- Data only includes claimants living in regions under DWP policy ownership (England, Wales and Abroad).
- Data includes normal rules and special rules for end of life (SREL) claims.
- Data is for March 2024 which is the latest year for which employment data is available.
- Data covers claimants who are working age, this is between 16 and state pension age.
- ‘Work’ refers to claimants who are in paid employment, either as self-employed or employee.
- The Liverpool City Region contains the following Local Authorities: Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, Wirral and St Helens.
- Percentages have been rounded to nearest whole number.