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<p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is claimed by people with a range of health
conditions and disabilities, many of which are degenerative or life limiting and the
Department treats the death of any claimant sympathetically.</p><p> </p><p>New claims
to PIP made under Normal Rules were cleared in an average (median) of 16 weeks in
April 2020 and reassessments from Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to PIP under Normal
Rules were being cleared in an average (median) of 27 weeks in April 2020.</p><p>
</p><p>The cause of death of claimants to PIP is not collated centrally by the Department.
There is no evidence in this data to suggest someone’s reason for claiming PIP was
the cause of their death and it would be misleading to suggest otherwise. People claim
PIP for various reasons, the majority of which are non-life threatening.</p><p> </p><p>The
number of PIP claimants who died after registering a PIP claim under Normal Rules
but prior to a decision being made on their case between 1<sup>st</sup> April 2018
and 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020 has increased from 5,520 to 5,530, since Question 90093
was answered. This is due to a live system.</p><p> </p><p>The main disabling condition
of the 5,530 PIP claimants who died after registering a PIP claim under Normal Rules
but prior to a decision being made on their case between 1<sup>st</sup> April 2018
and 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020 is shown in Table 1 below:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table
1: Main disabling condition for PIP </strong><strong>claimants who died after registering
a PIP claim under Normal Rules</strong> <strong>but </strong><strong>prior to a decision
being made on their case</strong> <strong>between 1<sup>st</sup> April 2018 and 30<sup>th</sup>
April 2020</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Main Disabling Condition</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number
of claimants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Autoimmune disease (connective tissue
disorders)</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiovascular disease</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diseases
of the immune system</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diseases of the liver,
gallbladder, biliary tract</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Endocrine disease</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gastrointestinal
disease</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Genitourinary disease</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haematological
Disease</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hearing disorders</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Infectious
disease</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malignant disease</p></td><td><p>450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Metabolic
disease</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Musculoskeletal disease (general)</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Musculoskeletal
disease (regional)</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neurological disease</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Psychiatric
disorders</p></td><td><p>270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Respiratory disease</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Skin
disease</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown or missing</p></td><td><p>4,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Visual
disease</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,530</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Sources: PIP ADS, Customer Information
System</strong></p><ul><li>These figures include new claims and Disability Living
Allowance (DLA) to PIP reassessment claims.</li><li>If a claimant dies before a decision
is made on an outstanding claim, the Department establishes whether the claimant’s
representative or next of kin wishes to proceed with the claim. If not, the claim
is withdrawn.</li><li>This is unpublished data from the PIP computer system’s (PIP
CS) management information. It should be used with caution and may be subject to future
revision.</li><li>Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which
the decision is based but only the primary condition is recorded on the PIP CS.</li><li>The
main disabling condition is only recorded for claimants who have attended a PIP assessment
with an assessment provider.</li><li>Figures include registrations made from 1<sup>st</sup>
April 2018 – 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020 and clearances made up to 30<sup>th</sup>
April 2020 (as recorded on the system at 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020) and claimant
deaths from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2018 – 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020 (as recorded on
the system at 2<sup>nd</sup> October 2020) and may be subject to retrospection.</li><li>The
latest PIP Official Statistics, including data to 31<sup>st</sup> July 2020, were
published on 15<sup>th</sup> September 2020. We have provided figures here as at 30<sup>th</sup>
April 2020 for consistency with the original answers to PQ 90093 and PQ 81700.</li><li>Figures
are rounded to the nearest 10 and ‘-’ is used for totals of greater than 0 but less
than 5.</li><li>Components may not sum to totals due to rounding</li><li>GB only.</li></ul><p>
</p><p>Under the Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 2012 and s125
of Social Security Administration Act 1992 date of death is provided to the Department
for all registered deaths. Additionally, next of kin also provide information on the
date of death of an individual and this information is used appropriately in the administration
of Departmental benefits.</p>
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