Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Motability customers receive (a) Personal Independence Payment and (b) Disability Living Allowance.
At the end of July 2025 (latest available data), 593,700 PIP claimants had an active contract with the Motability Scheme.
The number of PIP claimants who had an active contract with the Motability Scheme broken down by condition groups over the past 5 years is provided in the table below.
Table 1: PIP claimants with an active Motability Scheme contract by condition over the past 5 years
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 (to July-25) | |
Psychiatric disorders | 76,100 | 86,800 | 97,200 | 125,000 | 162,700 | 174,700 |
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of which ADHD / ADD | 1,900 | 2,600 | 3,400 | 5,600 | 9,000 | 10,400 |
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of which any depressive disorder | 16,200 | 19,700 | 22,700 | 32,800 | 46,100 | 49,900 |
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The Department does not hold Motability data in its analytical datasets for DLA. Obtaining these data from other sources would involve disproportionate costs.
Notes:
- The figures provided are for PIP claimants in England and Wales only.
- The figures include both claims made under Normal Rules and those made under Special Rules for End of Life.
- The claimants’ primary conditions were used to categorise them in the provided table. Many claimants have two or more health conditions, and it is not necessarily the case that the listed primary condition is that which gives rise to the functional limitation(s) behind the award of the enhanced mobility component of PIP.
- The figures have been provided in calendar years, containing data from January 2020 to July 2025.
- The calendar year 2025 only contains data to July 2025, therefore volumes may be smaller than what would appear within a full calendar year. Data beyond this point is currently unavailable centrally for analysis.
- Values in the table show any PIP claimant with an active Motability Scheme contract on the PIP caseload at some point within that calendar year.
- The “of which any depressive disorder” category is made up of 4 primary conditions:
o Anxiety and depressive disorders – mixed
o Bipolar affective disorder
o Depressive disorder
o Mood disorders – Others / type not known
- Values have been rounded to the nearest 100.