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1717501

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants have been assessed as unfit for work due to mental health issues in 2024.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	25871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>No one has been assessed as unfit for work as the assessment for Personal Independence Payment does not assess a claimant’s capacity for work or work-related activity.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 16/05/2024 10:30:14 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1584582

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how access needs for people with mental health needs are met when making claims for Personal Independence Payments.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	140233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>Many claimants who make a claim to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) may have a mental health condition.</p><p> </p><p>PIP claimants with a severe mental health or behavioural condition, learning disability, developmental disorder or cognitive impairment, who may have difficulty engaging with the claims process, and with no support network in place, can be provided with additional support during the claims process if they need it.</p><p> </p><p>This support can include help filling in the claim form or the claimant questionnaire, and additional protections for failing to return the questionnaire, or for failing to attend a face-to-face assessment.</p><p> </p><p>If the claimant requests it, we can involve a third-party representative and engage with them at every stage, including the health assessment.</p><p> </p><p>GOV.UK also contains links to Easy Read guides to PIP (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/about-pip-what-it-is-and-how-to-claim-it-easy-read-guide" target="_blank">Easy read: Personal Independence Payment (PIP)</a> and videos (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC0aQWFFHARy_lYZbrnJfuXzhKWotacfM" target="_blank">Understanding PIP - YouTube</a>) which help explain each of the elements of the PIP claims process for those who may find it difficult to understand.</p><p> </p><p>We also ensure all staff in customer-facing roles undertake mandatory mental health awareness training to equip them with the knowledge and skills to be able to support claimants with mental health conditions.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 08/02/2023 17:26:30 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1536886

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals receiving Personal Independence Payments have been identified as having a diagnosable mental health illness.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	73104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>Only the claimant’s main disabling condition is recorded on the department’s systems. Many people in receipt of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) have more than one condition. <br> <br> However, the latest data for PIP cases by main disability condition can be found at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>. <br> <br> Particularly, the ‘PIP Cases with Entitlement’ dataset contains details of claimants receiving PIP and within that, ‘Table 2 – Caseload by Main Disability’ has this data up to July 2022 broken down by disability categories. The disability category ‘Psychiatric Disorders’ includes mental health issues. The full disability hierarchy can be found here: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/metadata/PIP_Clearances/Disability.html" target="_blank">Disability Category / Disability Sub Group (dwp.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 01/11/2022 15:45:08 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1418765

registered interest
date	01/02/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of personal independence payment applicants who are refused on initial assessment were applying on the grounds of primarily mental health issues between (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
uin	115943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>In the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) application process, claimants’ main disabling condition is only recorded for collation by the Department at assessment. It is not recorded at the point of application. The Department does not therefore hold data on the reason for application or the number of applicants to PIP with particular conditions. Only those who have a disability assessment determination decision will have a main disabling condition recorded for them.</p><p>The Department does collect data on the main disability condition for those who have had a PIP assessment. This can be found in Stat-Xplore: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>. Stat-Xplore holds data up until October 2021.</p><p>The ‘PIP Clearance’ tables contain details of those awarded and disallowed, broken down by disability. The Disability Category ‘Psychiatric Disorders’ includes mental health issues. The full disability hierarchy can be found here: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/metadata/PIP_Clearances/Disability.html" target="_blank">Disability Category / Disability Sub Group (dwp.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 07/02/2022 19:04:35 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 49440 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin

1060703

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2019 to Question 218200, how many personal independence payment assessments where a claimant had a diagnosis of a mental health disorder have resulted in no award in (a) the North-West and (b) England; and how many of those assessments were overturned at a mandatory reconsideration or appeal.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	220796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants with a primary disabling condition of psychiatric disorders – April 2013 to September 2018</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>North West</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disallowed post-referral to the Assessment Provider due to failing the assessment</p></td><td><p>309,110</p></td><td><p>49,310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of these:</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Change of award at Mandatory Reconsideration</p></td><td><p>17,470</p></td><td><p>2,650</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decision overturned at appeal</p></td><td><p>29,710</p></td><td><p>4,120</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Since PIP was introduced 3.7m decisions have been made in Great Britain for all health conditions up to September 2018, of these 10% have been appealed and 5% have been overturned.</p><p>There are strands of work in progress to drive continuous improvement in the decision making process. This has included the deployment of approximately 150 Presenting Officers, who are presenting DWP’s case in a number of PIP and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) appeals.</p><p>Presenting Officers have a role in gaining valuable insight into Tribunals’ view of the Department’s processes - both at the original decision stage and at mandatory reconsideration - and why decisions may be overturned.</p><p>Their feedback is being directed to the relevant parts of the business in order to drive long term improvements to the claimant journey.</p><p>DWP is also running a series of tests exploring the different ways evidence could be gathered, and the quality of decision making.</p><p>The data has been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>PIP data includes normal rules and special rules for the terminally ill claimants, and covers new claims and DLA reassessment claims.</p><p> </p><p>Data is based on primary disabling condition as recorded on the PIP computer systems. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which the decision is based but only the primary condition is shown in these statistics.</p><p>The geography relates to the origin of the claim (i.e. derived from claimant’s postcode).</p><p>The appeals may include decisions which are changed at MR, and where the claimant continues to appeal for a higher PIP award, are then changed again at tribunal appeal.</p><p>Claimants who have received benefit decisions more recently may not yet have had time to complete the claimant journey and progress to appeal.</p><p /><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 18/02/2019 15:43:29 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1046868

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment assessments have included intervention from mental function champions in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	211808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 01/02/2019 13:39:32 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1045967

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disability living allowance claimants with anxiety and depression or low mood have been assessed as ineligible for personal independence payment.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	211237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department publishes a range of detailed statistics for PIP on Stat-Xplore: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk </a>.Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p><p> </p><p>These statistics include monthly clearances (decisions) since PIP was introduced in April 2013. Clearance figures can be broken down by clearance type (e.g. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed pre-referral to an assessment provider, disallowed at assessment or withdrawn), by reassessment type (i.e. whether the claimant was making a new claim or was undergoing a Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to PIP reassessment) and by main disabling condition.</p><p> </p><p>Note that main disabling condition is only recorded for claims which reach the assessment stage. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which their entitlement decision is based but only the main disabling condition is recorded and shown in these statistics. Main disabling condition is the disability recorded on the PIP administrative system. It is possible that a reassessment claim could have a different main disabling condition recorded on the DLA and PIP systems.</p><p> </p><p>With regard to your question relating to “Behavioural Disorders” we advise that you group together the Disability Subgroups, “Conduct disorder (including oppositional defiant disorder)” and “Hyperkinetic Disorder – ADHD/ADD.” For the question relating to borderline personality disorder select Personality Disorder.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 211233 211234 211235 211238 211239 211243 211245 211246 question first answered 28/01/2019 15:19:21 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1038492

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people claiming personal independence payment who at the point of the original decision scored points by satisfying descriptor b under Activity 9 (engaging with other people face to face) who have (a) anxiety and depressive disorders - mixed, (b) depressive disorder, (c) schizophrenia, (d) bipolar affective disorder (Hypomania/Mania), (e) personality disorder, (f) post traumatic stress disorder, (g) psychotic disorders/other/type not known, (h) alcohol misuse, (i) anxiety disorders/other/type not known, (j) generalised anxiety disorder, (k) agoraphobia, (l) schizoaffective disorder, (m) obsessive compulsive disorder, (n) cognitive disorders/other/type not known, (o) mood disorders/other/type not known, (p) drug misuse, (q) panic disorder, (r) anorexia nervosa, (s) cognitive disorder due to stroke, (t) phobia-social, (u) psychiatric disorders of childhood/other/type not known, (v) eating disorders not otherwise specified, (w) conduct disorder (including oppositional defiant disorder), (x) bulimia nervosa, (y) stress reaction disorders/other/type not known, (z) dissociative disorders/other/type not known, (aa) body dysmorphic disorder, (ab) phobia specific, (ac) somatoform disorders/other/type not known and (ad) conversion disorder (hysteria).
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	206752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 14/01/2019 15:21:59 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1015117

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of successful personal independence payment applicants have a diagnosed serious mental health condition.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	195650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>Statistics on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claim outcomes (clearances) at disability level are not readily available and have not previously been published as Official Statistics. We are producing the statistics requested and issuing them in an Official Statistics release on 11<sup>th</sup> December 2018 in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on the number of individuals in receipt of PIP payments broken down by disability are already available 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://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 195651 question first answered 04/12/2018 14:21:24 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

994672

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether health professionals undertaking personal independence payment assessments for people with mental health issues are required to have a qualification in mental health.
tabling member constituency	Hackney South and Shoreditch
tabling member printed	Meg Hillier
uin	183895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department requires Health Professionals to achieve approval status following broad training in disability analysis, as well as training in specific conditions, including mental health, multiple and complex conditions. This training is developed by the providers who engage with stakeholders and charities, and regularly review the material to ensure it remains current. The training delivers understanding of multiple mental health conditions and the impact they are likely to have on an individual’s ability to function. In addition, Mental Health Champions support Health Professionals to ensure they deliver quality assessments to customers with mental health conditions.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 02/11/2018 14:53:12 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1524 label Biography information for Dame Meg Hillier