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Written question asked by Alan Brown (Scottish National Party) on Friday, 29 April 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 4 May 2016. It was answered by Justin Tomlinson (Conservative) on Tuesday, 10 May 2016 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Personal Independence Payment

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13 April 2016 to Question 32963, how many people have been allocated personal independence payments with enhanced mobility payments; and how many of those people have been classed as having muscle degenerative diseases or conditions.

Answer

Information on the number of claimants receiving PIP, by a range of breakdowns, including award combinations in payment and main disabling condition, is published and available using Stat-Xplore: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk. Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
36150
Session
2015-16
Related items
Personal Independence Payment
Wednesday, 13 April 2016
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Motability Muscular dystrophy Personal independence payment
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk