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Biography information for Baroness Doocey – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Baroness Doocey on 2016-03-14.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Personal Independent Payment claimants have so far been awarded the top level of mobility support; and of those, what percentage were awarded that support as a result of points from (1) the planning and following a journey” activity

Baroness Altmann

At the end of January 2016 there were 218,279 people in receipt of the enhanced rate mobility component of PIP. The latest available data on the proportion of awards of the enhanced rate mobility component by activity are in the table below:

Activities/scores

Proportion

12 or more points on the “planning and following a journey” activity

19%

12 or more points on the “moving around” activity

51%

12 or more points on both “moving around” and “planning and following a journey”

5%

12 or more points from a combination of these activities.

25%

Notes:

Figures relate to Normal Rules assessments only.

Data at 31 December 2015.