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Written question asked by Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour) on Wednesday, 15 March 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 20 March 2017. It was answered by Penny Mordaunt (Conservative) on Friday, 24 March 2017 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Urgent Question on 15 March 2017, Official Report, column 402, on personal independence payment assessments, how many people have scored points under descriptor f for psychiatric disorders alone for (a) new claims and (b) disability living allowance reassessments.

Answer

We have interpreted your question to be requesting the number of people who have scored points under descriptor f for Mobility Activity 1 (Planning and Following Journeys).

The number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments where the claimant had a Psychiatric Disorder and scored descriptor F for Mobility Activity 1 was:

New Claims: 12,160

Reassessments: 68,220

Figures include all PIP decisions between April 2013 and 28th February 2017.

Data is based on primary 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 primary condition is shown in these statistics.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
68150
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Mental illness Personal independence payment
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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