PIP in Orkney and Shetland: 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
11
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
0.3
Electorate: 34,824.
Claimant trend
2019: 1,3202020: 1,6032021: 1,7042022: 1,8362023: 1,7532024: 1,0532025: 212026: 11
April snapshots. Source: DWP Stat-Xplore (Open Data API).
Top condition categories
Share of Orkney and Shetland's PIP caseload by DWP disability category, April 2026.
- Psychiatric disorders100.0%
- Haematological Disease0.0%
- Infectious disease0.0%
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 Award rate = Awarded / (Awarded + Disallowed), new claims decided in the window, withdrawn excluded.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.