Question follow-through · 11038
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people claiming the Personal Independence Payment were (a) born and (b) not born in the UK.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 24 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 29 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 29 Oct 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people claiming the Personal Independence Payment were (a) born and (b) not born in the UK.
29 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Department does not routinely collect data on the country of birth of individuals claiming any benefits. DWP policy responsibility lies in establishing a customer’s eligibility to claim benefits. An individual’s specific country of birth does not play...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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