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Personal Independence Payment: ADHD

Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 17 July 2026.

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Photo of Neil Duncan-Jordan Neil Duncan-Jordan Labour, Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the cost of awarding Personal Independence Payments (PIP) to people with (a) ADHD as their sole condition and (b) ADHD as one of multiple conditions.

Photo of Neil Duncan-Jordan Neil Duncan-Jordan Labour, Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of individuals claiming a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for (a) anxiety as a sole condition and (b) anxiety as one of multiple conditions.

Photo of Neil Duncan-Jordan Neil Duncan-Jordan Labour, Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the number of individuals claiming a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for (a) autism as a sole condition and (b) autism as one of multiple conditions.

Photo of Stephen Timms Stephen Timms Minister for Equalities (Department for Education), The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions

The information is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

Information about PIP claimants’ primary conditions is published on the Stat Xplore website (https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/).

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  • (Citation: HC Deb, 17 July 2026, cW)

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