REVEALED: Number of PIP claimants in England and Wales

It has emerged today (30th June) that almost one in ten Brits receive personal independence payments in England and Wales, with 108 local authority areas out of 318 coming in above one in ten.

A new benefits dashboard released by the TaxPayers’ Alliance lays bare the dramatic surge in the number of benefit claimants ahead of a significant vote on Tuesday which aims to slow the escalating cost of personal independence payments (PIP).

TPA analysis revealed that there were 858,142 PIP claimants in the constituencies of the 110 English and Welsh MPs who signed a reasoned amendment aimed at bringing down the government’s landmark benefits bill. This amounted to 112 out of every 1,000 people across these constituencies.

The new benefits dashboard breaks down the number of claimants of various benefits including PIP using a number of geographical areas including region, local authority, constituency and postcode. The local authority area with the highest number of PIP claimants per 1,000 people was Blaenau Gwent in Wales, with 211 per 1,000. Across the UK the number of PIP claimants has increased by 109 per cent since January 2019. The constituency with the highest number of PIP claimants per 1,000 people was Liverpool Walton, with 226 per 1,000.

The dashboard also includes a full breakdown of the different conditions which people have used to claim the mobility component of enhanced PIP, which can be used for the motability scheme, a scheme where a new car is purchased using the higher rate of PIP. The condition with the largest absolute increase in the number of people claiming enhanced PIP between January 2019 and March 2025 was for autism which increased from 26,256 to 114,211.