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Personal Independence Payment: West Midlands

Question for Department for Work and Pensions

UIN 53741, tabled on 20 May 2025

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Personal Independence Payment recipients are in work in (a) Birmingham Northfield constituency, (b) Birmingham local authority area and (c) the West Midlands.

Answered on

2 June 2025

For the proportion of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants who are in work by different geographic breakdowns, please see table 1 below.

Table 1: the percentage of PIP claimants who are in work by different geographic breakdowns

Geography

Percentage of PIP claimants in work

Birmingham Northfield PC

18

Birmingham LA

15

West Midlands

19

Source(s): PIP Administrative Data and HMRC data

Notes:

  • Figures are for March 2024 which is the latest employment data available.
  • Figures only include claims made under normal rules and exclude claims made under Special Rules for End of Life (SREL).
  • Figures only include claimants who are working age.
  • Employment category includes self-employed as well as employees.
  • Percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number.

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