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<p>The number of women in receipt of the main working age disability benefits, Disability
Living Allowance (DLA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP), has not been affected
by the rise in state pension age.</p><p> </p><p>New claims for DLA are currently only
available for children under the age of 16 since the introduction of PIP on 8 April
2013. However, before the introduction of PIP, DLA had an upper age limit for making
a new claim set at the day before a claimant’s 65<sup>th</sup> birthday. This is also
the upper age limit to make a new claim for PIP and will rise in line with increases
in state pension age.</p>
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