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<p>In relation to your question on Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), Information
on lower level medical conditions is not currently available and to provide it would
incur disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The available information
on the number of Employment and Support Allowance claimants by high level medical
conditions is published here:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p>
</p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html"
target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>In respect of your question on Personal Independence Payment (PIP),
the information you requested is not held by the Department. A specific diagnosis
code for Long Covid does not exist in the PIP Computer System. Claimants who experience
Long Covid symptoms will have a disability recorded that links with the claimant’s
functional needs.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on the number PIP Claims with Entitlement
broken down by disability for each month from April 2013 – October 2020 is published
on Stat-Xplore:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p>
</p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html"
target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p>
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