Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness

Once someone has been awarded Personal Independence Payment (PIP), which can be paid at one of eight rates, that award will be either be reviewed or the claimant will be required to submit a new claim. Award rates and their durations are set on an individual basis, based on the claimant’s needs and the likelihood of those needs changing.

Data on PIP award types and their durations can be found on Stat-Xplore. In particular, the requested data can be found by applying the following filters to the ‘PIP Clearances’ dataset:

The variable ‘Award Type’ can be used to break down the clearances by award type, including ‘Awarded under Special Rules for End of Life’ and ‘Short Term Award (no review date) - NR’ which are the two award types that do not have a review date set. To filter for mental health conditions, the category ‘Mental and Behavioural Disorders (F00 - F99) under the ‘ICD Summary Code’ variable can be used, which also includes conditions such as neurodiverse conditions and some learning disabilities.

You may also wish to filter for “DWP policy ownership” under Geography due to the devolution of some disability benefits to Scotland.

You can log in or access Stat-Xplore as a guest user and, if needed, you can access guidance on how to extract the information required.