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Written Question
Social Security Benefits: Endometriosis
Tuesday 16th March 2021

Asked by: Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat - St Albans)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the accessibility of (a) personal independence payment and (b) universal credit for people with endometriosis.

Answered by Justin Tomlinson

I refer the Member to the answer I gave on 30 November 2020 to Question UIN 120949.

Written Question
Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit: Endometriosis
Monday 30th November 2020

Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential barriers people with endometriosis face when trying to access (a) personal independence payments and (b) universal credit.

Answered by Justin Tomlinson

Personal Independence Payment (PIP), and the level at which it can be paid, is based on the daily living and mobility needs arising from a long-term health condition or disability, rather than being based on the condition or disability itself. People with endometriosis are able to access PIP in the same way as other people with long-term health conditions or disabilities.

Universal Credit (UC) claimants with endometriosis are able to access UC in the same way as other people with long-term health conditions or disabilities.

A Work Capability Assessment is used to determine someone’s capacity to work or engage in work-related activity, rather than their specific health condition

Written Question
Personal Independence Payment: Endometriosis
Monday 30th November 2020

Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many yearly applications have been made for personal independence payments which cite endometriosis as the reason for application in the last five years; and what proportion of those applications were successful.

Answered by Justin Tomlinson

In the PIP application process, claimants’ main disabling condition is only recorded for collation by the Department at assessment. It is not recorded at the point of application. The Department does not therefore hold data on the number of applicants to PIP with particular conditions. Only those who have a disability assessment determination decision will have a main disabling condition recorded for them.

In respect of the second part of your question, I would like to refer you to the detailed statistics for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) that can be found in Stat-Xplore: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/.

We collect data on the main disability condition for those who have had a PIP clearance. This includes those awarded and disallowed at assessment and can be broken down by disability. ‘Endometriosis’ is found under ‘Diseases of the ovary, uterus, cervix, vagina and vulva’ which is under the main disability group of ‘Genitourinary disease’

Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html.

Written Question
Social Security Benefits: Endometriosis
Tuesday 23rd October 2018

Asked by: Emma Hardy (Labour - Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for (a) personal independence payment and (b) employment and support allowance where Endometriosis was referenced in the application were (a) made and (b) awarded in each of the last three years.

Answered by Sarah Newton

In response to question a) on Personal Independence Payment (PIP), in the application process, claimants’ main disabling condition is only recorded for collation by the Department at assessment. It is not recorded at the point of application. The Department does not therefore hold data on the number of applicants to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) with a main disabling condition of Endometriosis.

In response to question b) on PIP, the number of awards for claimants with Endometriosis as the main disabling condition for the last 3 years are included in the table below:

Table 1: PIP Awards for claimants with Endometriosis as the main disabling condition for the past 3 years:

Year

Number of PIP Claims Awarded

2016

150

2017

180

2018*

110

Total

440

* Only includes data up to 31st July 2018.

Notes:

  • The PIP Assessment outcome in Table 1 shows the outcome of the first DWP decision on each Assessment (i.e. prior to any reconsideration, appeal action and award review), where that decision was made between 1st January 2016 and 31st July 2018.
  • Data is based on main disabling condition as recorded on the PIP computer system. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which the decision is based but only the main disabling condition is shown in these statistics.
  • PIP data includes normal rules and special rules for the terminally ill claimants, and is for both new claims and DLA reassessment claims.
  • This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.
  • Data taken from the PIP computer system’s management information.
  • Data has been rounded to the nearest 10.
  • # indicates a value of less than 10.
  • Statistical disclosure control has been applied to this table to avoid the release of confidential data. Totals may not sum due to the disclosure control applied.
  • Figures are for Great Britain only.
  • Figures are correct as at 31st July 2018.

In response to questions a) and b) on Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), the information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost