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Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness

Asked by Josh Fenton-GlynnLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 30 June 2025UIN 62461

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants in each subgroup of psychiatric disorders recorded as the main disabling condition were awarded (a) at least eight but fewer than 12 points in the living component and fewer than

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

The Department does not hold data on whether Personal Independence Payment claimants are waiting for or receiving treatment for their primary medical condition.

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