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Personal Independence Payment: Arthritis

Asked by Mr Angus MacDonaldLiberal DemocratDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 10 July 2025UIN 64703

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 claimants with a primary condition of arthritis.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

There were 471,358 Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants with a primary medical condition of arthritis in April 2025. This information can be found on Stat Xplore in the ‘PIP Cases with Entitlement from 2019’ table. You can use the ‘Disability’ filter to select ‘osteoarthiritis’ and ‘inflammatory arthritis’ categories and the ‘Geography’ filter to select ‘DWP policy ownership’.

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