Disability Living Allowance: Mental Illness
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish a breakdown of spending on Disability Living Allowance on children with (a) neurodevelopmental and (b) mental health disorders in each of the last 3 years for which data is available.
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms
The information is in the table:
Financial Year | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
Neurodevelopmental Expenditure (£ millions) | 1,770 | 2,210 | 2,660 |
Mental Health Expenditure (£millions) | 560 | 850 | 1,230 |
Points to note:
- Figures are for England and Wales only.
- Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 million pounds.
- Figures are from March – February for each Financial Year. For example, Financial Year 2022/23 includes March 2022 – February 2023.
- Mental health disorders include the following medical conditions:
o Personality disorder
o PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder)
o Stress reaction disorders
o GAD (generalised anxiety disorder)
o Phobia specific
o Phobia social
o Agoraphobia
o Panic disorder
o Anxiety disorders
o OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder)
o Anxiety and depression
o Conversion disorder
o BDD (Body Dysmorphia Disorder)
o Dissociative disorders
o Depressive disorder
o Bipolar
o Mood disorders
o Schizophrenia
o Schizoaffective disorder
o Psychotic disorders
o Anorexia nervosa
o Bulimia nervosa
o Eating disorder not specified
o Munchausen syndrome
o Factitious disorder
o Psychiatric disorders of childhood
- Neurodevelopmental disorders include the following medical conditions:
o Learning Disability
o Speech and Language Disorders
o Autism
o Asperger’s Syndrome
o Dyspraxia
o Hyperkinetic disorder
o ADHD/ADD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)
- The table refers to primary conditions only.
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