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Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness

Asked by Helen WhatelyConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 10 March 2025UIN 34910

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Personal Independence Payment claims for mental health conditions over the next three years.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

The Department does not forecast benefit claims by health condition, though it is implicitly assumed that the mix of conditions follows recent trends.

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