Personal Independence Payment: West Midlands

(asked on 20th May 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) Birmingham Northfield constituency, (b) Birmingham local authority area and (c) the West Midlands.


Answered by
Stephen Timms Portrait
Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 2nd June 2025

For the proportion of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants who are in work by different geographic breakdowns, please see table 1 below.

Table 1: the percentage of PIP claimants who are in work by different geographic breakdowns

Geography

Percentage of PIP claimants in work

Birmingham Northfield PC

18

Birmingham LA

15

West Midlands

19

Source(s): PIP Administrative Data and HMRC data

Notes:

  • Figures are for March 2024 which is the latest employment data available.
  • Figures only include claims made under normal rules and exclude claims made under Special Rules for End of Life (SREL).
  • Figures only include claimants who are working age.
  • Employment category includes self-employed as well as employees.
  • Percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number.

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