Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have received personal independence payments whose main disabling condition was recorded as Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis since 2013.
Between April 2013 and April 2017 there have been 3,700 awards for Personal Independence Payment where the main disabling condition recorded was Crohn’s disease and 1,300 awards where the main disabling condition was ulcerative colitis.