Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of personal independence payment recipients do not receive other welfare benefits, excluding pensions.

At the end of August 2025 (latest available data) the percentage of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) recipients who do not receive any other welfare benefits aside from State Pension is 28%.

Notes:

- The percentage provided is calculated using the information of claimants under DWP Policy Ownership only. This includes claimants living in England and Wales, those who live abroad, and those with an unknown location, and excludes those living in Scotland and Northern Ireland where PIP has been devolved.

- The welfare benefits taken into account in this analysis are:

o Bereavement Benefit

o Bereavement Support Payment

o Widow’s Benefit

o Carer’s Allowance

o Employment and Support Allowance

o Incapacity Benefit

o Income Support

o Housing Benefit

o Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB)

o Job Seeker’s Allowance

o Pension Credit

o Severe Disablement Allowance

o Universal Credit

- HMRC administered Child Benefit is not taken into account, so some claimants receiving Child Benefit will be included in the stated figure.

- The source IIDB data used for Benefit Combination statistics shows IIDB claimants at a point five months before the last day of the most recent month. To adjust for this lag, data from the Customer Information System has been used to remove cases for individuals known to have died between the IIDB time point and the last day of August 2025, giving an estimate of the IIDB caseload at that time point.