What changed.
A permanent log of every material change to this resource. Each quarterly DWP release (January, April, July, October) adds a dated entry here. Next scheduled update: after the 15 September 2026 DWP release.
July 2026, baseline edition
Retrieved 16 July 2026New
Launched the Believability Gap study covering 165 DWP condition categories, and the Postcode Lottery study covering 575 ranked Westminster constituencies. Every figure links to its DWP source.
Headline figures
- Overall PIP new-claim award rate: 44.2% all-time, 39.6% in the last 12 months (May 2025 to April 2026).
- PIP caseload: 4,010,119 people, April 2026.
Biggest 12-month rate drops (high-volume conditions)
- Autism: 9.6pt drop, all-time vs 12 months.
- Asperger syndrome: 9.2pt drop, all-time vs 12 months.
- Multiple sclerosis: 8.8pt drop, all-time vs 12 months.
- ADHD / ADD: 7.6pt drop, all-time vs 12 months.
The postcode gap
Birmingham Ladywood 33.6% vs Clacton 51.2%, across May 2023 to April 2026.
Method notes
- Per-condition mandatory reconsideration figures are labelled April 2013 to July 2021, the most recent per-condition MR data DWP publishes.
- Scottish seats are shown without award rates or rank, per DWP's Adult Disability Payment migration.
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