PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(10 October 2025)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claims were (a) withdrawn before submitting a PIP2 form, (b) disallowed due to failure to return the PIP2 form, (c) withdrawn after submitting a PIP2 form but before assessment, (d) disallowed due to failure to attend an assessment and (e) (i) closed and (ii) withdrawn for other reasons prior to a decision in each of the last five financial years by intended mode of assessment.

Asked by:
Helen Whately (Conservative)

Information on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) outcomes for the last five financial years is shown in table 1 below.

Table 1: Volume of PIP claims by assessment outcomes for the last five financial years.

Outcome Type	Financial Years
	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Disallowed pre-referral to AP (Assessment Provider)	5,500	7,100	9,700	9,200	11,700
Disallowed pre referral to AP due to non-return of PIP2	66,500	85,500	69,700	73,800	96,000
Disallowed pre-referral to AP due to failure to attend	4,000	6,400	19,100	19,600	18,900
Withdrawn at any stage	9,100	11,200	15,700	18,100	22,300

Notes:

• Figures are for England and Wales only.
• Figures only include claims made under normal rules.
• Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100.
• AP is the assessment provider.
• These are the categories available in the PIP administrative data.

The Department does not hold data on intended modes of assessments.

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