PIP in Dumfries and Galloway: the numbers
Scotland, Scotland. Caseload as at April 2026.
Award rate
Scotland has migrated to Adult Disability Payment; Scottish constituencies have no recent PIP new-claim decisions and are shown without award rates or rank.
Claimants
33
In payment, April 2026.
Scotland average
n/a
Regional new-claim award rate, May 2023 to April 2026.
National average
44.3%
England and Wales, May 2023 to April 2026.
Per 1,000 electors
0.4
Electorate: 76,863.
Claimant trend
2019: 4,5052020: 5,4432021: 5,8722022: 6,3472023: 6,0972024: 3,6642025: 712026: 33
April snapshots. Source: DWP Stat-Xplore (Open Data API).
Top condition categories
Share of Dumfries and Galloway's PIP caseload by DWP disability category, April 2026.
- Psychiatric disorders55.2%
- Musculoskeletal disease (general)24.1%
- Neurological disease20.7%
Compare. Scotland average: n/a. National average: 44.3%.
Definitions. Award rate = Awarded / (Awarded + Disallowed), new claims decided in the window, withdrawn excluded. Rates shown only where at least 500 decisions.
Source. DWP Stat-Xplore (Open Data API). Retrieved 17 July 2026. Electorate: mySociety 2025 constituency dataset (electorate figures). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Scotland has migrated to Adult Disability Payment; Scottish constituencies have no recent PIP new-claim decisions and are shown without award rates or rank.