Question follow-through · 17263

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what analysis has been undertaken as to the reasons why the number of individuals claiming Personal Independence Payments (PIP) has risen between 2020 and 2024.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
8 Jul 2026
Target answer date
13 Jul 2026
Answer
15 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what analysis has been undertaken as to the reasons why the number of individuals claiming Personal Independence Payments (PIP) has risen between 2020 and 2024.

  2. 13 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The latest analysis undertaken by the Department on the number of people claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP) was published in Annex B – DWP evidence pack as part of the Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment: interim report (Annex B – DWP ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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