Personal Independence Payment: Employment

Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 2 May 2025.

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Photo of David Baines David Baines Labour, St Helens North

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Personal Independence Payment recipients are in work in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) St Helens Local Authority, (c) the Liverpool City Region and (d) nationally.

Photo of Stephen Timms Stephen Timms The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions

The proportion of working age Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants who are in work can be found in the table below.

Table 1: Working age Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants who are in work

Percentage in work

St Helens North Parliamentary Constituency

20%

St Helens Local Authority

20%

Liverpool City Region

19%

England and Wales

20%

Notes:

  • Data only includes claimants living in regions under DWP policy ownership (England, Wales and Abroad).
  • Data includes normal rules and special rules for end of life (SREL) claims.
  • Data is for March 2024 which is the latest year for which employment data is available.
  • Data covers claimants who are working age, this is between 16 and state pension age.
  • ‘Work’ refers to claimants who are in paid employment, either as self-employed or employee.
  • The Liverpool City Region contains the following Local Authorities: Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, Wirral and St Helens.
  • Percentages have been rounded to nearest whole number.

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