Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness
(asked on 21st March 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the number of people with each of (1) anxiety and depressive disorders, (2) depressive disorder, (3) schizophrenia, (4) bipolar affective disorder, (5) personality disorder, (6) post traumatic stress disorder, or other psychotic disorders who currently receive the Personal Independence Payment and who at their original assessment (or following mandatory reconsideration or appeal) scored points by satisfying descriptors 1c, 1d and 1f of the mobility component.
The table below provides an estimate of the number of people with the conditions requested currently receiving Personal Independence Payment who satisfied descriptors c, d or f of mobility activity 1 at the point of original decision by the Department. Information on the numbers following mandatory reconsideration or appeal is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
| Mobility Activity 1: descriptors c, d or f |
Anxiety / Depressive Disorders | 4,700 |
Bipolar Affective Disorder | 1,500 |
Depressive Disorder | 2,400 |
Personality Disorder | 1,000 |
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder | 600 |
Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective disorder | 5,200 |
Notes: Figures rounded to the nearest 100
Figures are at 31 January 2017