PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Personal Independence Payment: Autism (1 June 2018)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder who previously received disability living allowance have been successful in their application for personal independence payments.

Asked by:
Mr Toby Perkins (Labour)

Up to January 2018, 47,410 people with Autism, Asperger’s syndrome or Retts disorder as their main disabling condition on PIP were awarded PIP following a reassessment from DLA.

• This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.
• Data is based on main disabling condition as recorded on the PIP computer system. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which the decision is based but only the primary condition is shown in these statistics.
• Figures include rising 16’s (Individuals previously on child DLA who are reassessed for PIP upon reaching the age of 16).
• Figures are based on initial outcome only.
• Figures include claims under normal rules and special rules.
• Data taken from the PIP computer system’s management information.
• Data has been rounded to the nearest 10.
• Figures are for Great Britain only.

Answered by:
Sarah Newton (Conservative)
6 June 2018