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Personal Independence Payment: Employment

Asked by Apsana BegumLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 29 April 2025UIN 45122

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made as to the number of people in receipt of Personal Independence Payments who are in (a) full time and (b) part time work.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

No estimate has been made. The information requested on (a) full time and (b) part time work is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

The June 2024 Green Paper Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability green paper - GOV.UK included an estimate that around 16% of PIP claimants are in work.

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