Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many people are in receipt of Personal Independence Payment assessments in England and Wales.

All claims to Personal Independence Payment (PIP), except those made under Special Rules for End of Life, are subject to a PIP assessment. From when PIP was introduced in 2013 until January 2024 there were 7,016,000 PIP claims cleared in England and Wales under normal rules. This number has been rounded to the nearest 1,000 and may include multiple claims made by the same person.

This data is available on Stat-Xplore at https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/ in the ‘PIP Clearances’ dataset. Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html. An account is not required to use Stat- Xplore, the ‘Guest Login’ feature gives instant access to the main functions.