PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Personal Independence Payment (30 August 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of claimants known to her Department who applied for personal independence payments but died with six months of making their application.

Asked by:
Adam Jogee (Labour)

Table 1 shows the number of claimants who died within 6 months of their PIP application per year up to 2023, the last year for which complete data is available.

Table 1

Year of PIP Application	Number of Claimants who died within 6 months of PIP application
2014	11,800
2015	12,000
2016	12,300
2017	12,400
2018	12,200
2019	12,500
2020	12,100
2021	13,000
2022	12,600
2023	11,300

Notes:

• This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision;
• Figures are for England and Wales only;
  • These figures include claims made under normal rules and special rules for end of life;
• Volumes are rounded to the nearest 100.

Answered by:
Sir Stephen Timms (Labour)
9 September 2024