Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit
(asked on 7th May 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many people who currently receive the limited capability for work and work-related activity element of Universal Credit also receive Personal Independence Payment, broken down by gender.
Information on the number of claimants who currently receive Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related Activity (LCWRA) element of Universal Credit (UC) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) can be found in the table below.
Table 1: number of claimants receiving LCWRA and PIP, by gender.
Gender | LCWRA and receive PIP |
Male | 422,782 |
Female | 493,040 |
Total | 915,824 |
Source: Stat-Xplore (Benefits Combinations – Data from May 2019 for England and Wales)
Notes:
- Data is for August 2024, the most recent available for this dataset.
- Data is for England and Wales only, in line with the coverage of PIP.
- As a result of the Move to UC programme, the number of claimants meeting these criteria will increase considerably between this data point and early 2026, as claimants are moved across from income-related Employment and Support Allowance.