PIP: The Numbers · By council

Where PIP is hardest to get, by council.

The share of new PIP claims awarded in each English and Welsh council area, ranked lowest first. 316 councils are ranked. England and Wales overall: 44.3% of 2,494,456 new claim decisions, May 2023 to April 2026. The published rows run from 35.3% in Erewash to 50.0% in Westminster, a 14.7 percentage point spread between council areas.

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PIP new claim award rate by council, lowest award rate first
Rank	Council	Awarded	Decisions
#1	Erewash	35.3%	5,740
#2	Sandwell	36.6%	20,063
#4	Birmingham	36.9%	70,023
#3	Worcester	36.9%	4,260
#5	Leicester	37.1%	18,010
#6	Stoke-on-Trent	37.3%	14,649
#7	Derby	37.4%	14,543
#8	Peterborough	37.4%	10,305
#9	Ashfield	37.5%	7,484
#10	Blaby	37.6%	3,442
#11	Broxtowe	37.7%	4,125
#12	Wyre Forest	37.9%	4,864
#13	Nottingham	38.2%	17,553
#14	Newcastle-under-Lyme	38.6%	5,274
#15	Cardiff / Caerdydd	38.7%	16,897
#17	Malvern Hills	38.8%	2,707
#16	Melton	38.8%	1,827
#18	Wolverhampton	38.8%	14,577
#19	Boston	38.9%	3,698
#20	Charnwood	39.1%	6,420
#24	East Staffordshire	39.1%	5,032
#23	Gedling	39.1%	4,904
#22	Lincoln	39.1%	5,018
#21	Oadby and Wigston	39.1%	2,107
#25	Tamworth	39.1%	3,569
#26	Telford and Wrekin	39.2%	9,389
#27	Redditch	39.3%	3,846
#29	Hinckley and Bosworth	39.4%	4,007
#28	West Northamptonshire	39.4%	14,835
#31	Coventry	39.5%	16,807
#32	Huntingdonshire	39.5%	5,520
#30	Rushcliffe	39.5%	3,105
#33	Torfaen / Tor-faen	39.6%	5,483
#34	East Lindsey	39.7%	7,317
#38	Luton	39.8%	11,862
#37	Mansfield	39.8%	5,591
#35	North Northamptonshire	39.8%	15,136
#36	South Derbyshire	39.8%	4,389
#40	Fenland	39.9%	4,589
#39	Nuneaton and Bedworth	39.9%	6,907
#41	Amber Valley	40.0%	5,685
#46	Conwy / Conwy	40.0%	5,259
#47	Newport / Casnewydd	40.0%	8,989
#45	Solihull	40.0%	8,111
#42	South Kesteven	40.0%	5,065
#43	Stafford	40.0%	4,823
#44	Warwick	40.0%	4,081
#49	Dudley	40.2%	15,094
#48	Stratford-on-Avon	40.2%	3,744
#52	Gwynedd / Gwynedd	40.3%	4,902
#50	South Holland	40.3%	3,981
#51	Staffordshire Moorlands	40.3%	3,156
#53	South Staffordshire	40.4%	3,895
#54	North West Leicestershire	40.6%	4,051
#55	North Warwickshire	40.7%	2,929
#56	Rhondda Cynon Taf / Rhondda Cynon Taf	40.7%	14,100
#57	Shropshire	40.9%	10,111
#59	Swansea / Abertawe	40.9%	12,914
#58	Walsall	40.9%	15,693
#60	Newark and Sherwood	41.0%	4,938
#61	Bridgend / Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr	41.1%	7,690
#62	Vale of Glamorgan / Bro Morgannwg	41.1%	5,769
#64	Ceredigion / Ceredigion	41.2%	2,619
#63	Flintshire / Sir y Fflint	41.2%	6,957
#65	Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych	41.3%	4,856
#66	Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro	41.3%	5,295
#67	Wychavon	41.4%	4,225
#69	Bromsgrove	41.5%	3,209
#68	Harborough	41.5%	2,603
#70	Cannock Chase	41.6%	4,980
#72	Neath Port Talbot / Castell-nedd Port Talbot	41.6%	8,517
#71	Redbridge	41.6%	12,290
#76	Basingstoke and Deane	41.7%	6,102
#74	Herefordshire, County of	41.7%	5,876
#75	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	41.7%	5,777
#73	Rutland	41.7%	868
#77	Blaenau Gwent / Blaenau Gwent	41.8%	4,889
#79	Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin	41.9%	9,704
#78	West Berkshire	41.9%	4,432
#82	Merthyr Tydfil / Merthyr Tudful	42.0%	3,906
#80	Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy	42.0%	3,261
#81	Powys / Powys	42.0%	4,947
#83	Rugby	42.1%	4,039
#84	Wrexham / Wrecsam	42.1%	6,833
#86	Caerphilly / Caerffili	42.4%	10,994
#85	Lambeth	42.4%	12,709
#87	Wandsworth	42.5%	8,894
#88	Tower Hamlets	42.7%	14,749
#89	Ipswich	42.8%	6,423
#90	Derbyshire Dales	42.9%	1,908
#92	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	43.0%	15,747
#93	Isle of Anglesey / Ynys Môn	43.0%	3,054
#91	Slough	43.0%	6,005
#94	Lichfield	43.1%	3,501
#97	Brentwood	43.3%	2,098
#96	North Kesteven	43.3%	3,937
#95	Trafford	43.3%	9,083
#100	Eastbourne	43.4%	4,797
#98	Hackney	43.4%	12,394
#99	Newham	43.4%	16,311
#101	Tandridge	43.4%	2,184
#102	Reading	43.6%	5,864
#104	Brighton and Hove	43.7%	11,401
#103	East Suffolk	43.7%	9,709
#105	Greenwich	43.8%	11,797
#106	Southwark	43.8%	12,142
#107	Spelthorne	43.8%	3,312
#109	Crawley	43.9%	4,430
#108	Windsor and Maidenhead	43.9%	3,407
#113	Cherwell	44.0%	4,814
#110	Kirklees	44.0%	20,900
#111	Merton	44.0%	6,275
#112	Southampton	44.0%	11,138
#114	Bolsover	44.1%	4,447
#115	Central Bedfordshire	44.1%	9,801
#116	Croydon	44.1%	16,652
#118	Lewes	44.1%	3,689
#117	Lewisham	44.1%	13,558
#119	South Oxfordshire	44.1%	3,254
#121	South Gloucestershire	44.2%	9,166
#120	Welwyn Hatfield	44.2%	4,035
#123	Bristol, City of	44.3%	18,502
#122	Runnymede	44.3%	2,337
#127	Exeter	44.4%	4,527
#125	Hammersmith and Fulham	44.4%	6,286
#126	Mid Sussex	44.4%	3,629
#124	Norwich	44.4%	6,445
#128	Barking and Dagenham	44.5%	11,007
#129	Dacorum	44.6%	5,063
#130	Milton Keynes	44.6%	11,156
#131	Swindon	44.6%	8,785
#132	Cheshire West and Chester	44.7%	14,409
#137	Bracknell Forest	44.8%	3,485
#133	Bradford	44.8%	33,597
#138	Buckinghamshire	44.8%	14,413
#134	East Cambridgeshire	44.8%	2,531
#140	Elmbridge	44.8%	2,821
#136	Hounslow	44.8%	10,357
#141	Plymouth	44.8%	12,753
#139	Rushmoor	44.8%	3,164
#135	Watford	44.8%	3,568
#142	East Devon	44.9%	4,128
#143	Waltham Forest	45.0%	11,491
#148	Bexley	45.1%	8,554
#144	Chelmsford	45.1%	5,254
#145	Colchester	45.1%	7,074
#149	Eastleigh	45.1%	4,013
#150	Horsham	45.1%	3,345
#147	Mid Suffolk	45.1%	3,005
#146	Three Rivers	45.1%	2,318
#151	East Hertfordshire	45.2%	3,947
#152	Stevenage	45.2%	3,870
#153	Woking	45.2%	2,458
#154	Breckland	45.3%	5,059
#157	Cheltenham	45.3%	3,301
#156	Dorset	45.3%	12,073
#158	Forest of Dean	45.3%	3,050
#155	Waverley	45.3%	2,387
#160	Islington	45.4%	10,030
#159	Oldham	45.4%	13,992
#162	South Hams	45.4%	2,387
#161	Worthing	45.4%	3,822
#164	Bedford	45.5%	7,521
#167	Gloucester	45.5%	5,954
#163	Leeds	45.5%	35,511
#165	South Norfolk	45.5%	4,134
#166	West Oxfordshire	45.5%	2,765
#169	Cambridge	45.6%	3,500
#171	Epsom and Ewell	45.6%	1,745
#172	Guildford	45.6%	3,180
#170	Maidstone	45.6%	6,411
#168	West Lindsey	45.6%	3,796
#173	Cotswold	45.7%	1,984
#175	Harlow	45.8%	4,649
#176	North Hertfordshire	45.8%	3,866
#174	Salford	45.8%	15,303
#177	Stroud	45.8%	3,570
#181	Brent	45.9%	15,198
#182	Bromley	45.9%	9,809
#180	Burnley	45.9%	5,982
#178	Cheshire East	45.9%	14,301
#179	Cumberland	45.9%	11,512
#184	Dartford	45.9%	4,206
#185	Mid Devon	45.9%	2,661
#183	Sutton	45.9%	6,379
#190	Adur	46.0%	2,207
#186	Bolton	46.0%	15,097
#189	Canterbury	46.0%	5,730
#188	Havant	46.0%	4,984
#187	Hillingdon	46.0%	10,865
#191	Darlington	46.1%	5,527
#194	Great Yarmouth	46.1%	5,569
#192	Rossendale	46.1%	3,350
#193	Sheffield	46.1%	28,355
#195	Test Valley	46.1%	3,628
#196	Wiltshire	46.1%	14,972
#200	Portsmouth	46.2%	9,362
#202	Somerset	46.2%	18,818
#197	Tameside	46.2%	13,296
#201	Vale of White Horse	46.2%	3,447
#199	West Suffolk	46.2%	5,441
#198	York	46.2%	5,785
#207	Gosport	46.3%	3,509
#205	Hastings	46.3%	4,723
#203	Havering	46.3%	9,978
#204	Medway	46.3%	12,132
#209	Oxford	46.3%	4,080
#206	Wealden	46.3%	4,463
#208	Winchester	46.3%	3,136
#210	Blackburn with Darwen	46.4%	9,425
#215	Dover	46.4%	5,356
#214	High Peak	46.4%	3,404
#212	Kingston upon Hull, City of	46.4%	16,579
#211	Manchester	46.4%	31,394
#213	North Yorkshire	46.4%	19,633
#218	East Hampshire	46.5%	3,017
#220	Mole Valley	46.5%	1,923
#216	Rochdale	46.5%	13,026
#221	Teignbridge	46.5%	4,501
#219	Thanet	46.5%	7,734
#217	Thurrock	46.5%	7,334
#225	Bath and North East Somerset	46.6%	5,394
#222	Epping Forest	46.6%	4,253
#224	Isle of Wight	46.6%	6,059
#223	Wokingham	46.6%	3,472
#229	Broadland	46.7%	3,754
#230	Harrow	46.7%	7,398
#231	Kingston upon Thames	46.7%	4,016
#226	Newcastle upon Tyne	46.7%	15,135
#227	South Ribble	46.7%	4,268
#232	Torbay	46.7%	6,464
#228	Uttlesford	46.7%	2,219
#234	Fareham	46.8%	3,014
#235	Gravesham	46.8%	4,474
#236	Reigate and Banstead	46.8%	3,848
#233	South Cambridgeshire	46.8%	3,849
#241	Arun	46.9%	5,964
#240	Babergh	46.9%	2,656
#238	Calderdale	46.9%	10,685
#239	North East Derbyshire	46.9%	4,309
#237	Wirral	46.9%	17,423
#244	Bassetlaw	47.0%	5,694
#246	Chichester	47.0%	3,509
#247	North Devon	47.0%	3,741
#242	Preston	47.0%	7,755
#245	Southend-on-Sea	47.0%	8,274
#248	West Devon	47.0%	1,588
#243	Wigan	47.0%	16,888
#250	Chesterfield	47.1%	5,339
#251	Haringey	47.1%	12,746
#249	Stockport	47.1%	11,565
#256	Basildon	47.2%	7,742
#254	Bury	47.2%	8,931
#257	Ealing	47.2%	13,725
#255	East Riding of Yorkshire	47.2%	11,984
#253	Gateshead	47.2%	10,607
#252	Stockton-on-Tees	47.2%	10,279
#258	Tunbridge Wells	47.2%	2,936
#261	Hart	47.3%	1,947
#259	North East Lincolnshire	47.3%	8,592
#260	Richmond upon Thames	47.3%	3,785
#264	Camden	47.4%	7,927
#263	Pendle	47.4%	5,244
#265	Rother	47.4%	3,371
#266	Sevenoaks	47.4%	3,376
#267	Swale	47.4%	6,982
#262	Warrington	47.4%	8,810
#270	Chorley	47.5%	4,536
#272	Cornwall	47.5%	22,072
#269	Halton	47.5%	7,779
#271	Hertsmere	47.5%	3,563
#268	Northumberland	47.5%	13,973
#278	Broxbourne	47.6%	4,193
#276	Doncaster	47.6%	18,152
#273	Middlesbrough	47.6%	9,133
#275	North Lincolnshire	47.6%	7,722
#274	North Tyneside	47.6%	9,904
#277	Rochford	47.6%	2,779
#279	St Albans	47.6%	3,253
#282	Braintree	47.7%	5,373
#283	Kensington and Chelsea	47.7%	3,968
#284	North Somerset	47.7%	7,617
#281	Sefton	47.7%	14,936
#280	West Lancashire	47.7%	4,782
#287	Ashford	47.8%	4,955
#285	Hyndburn	47.8%	5,179
#286	Lancaster	47.8%	6,036
#288	Surrey Heath	47.8%	2,006
#290	Folkestone and Hythe	47.9%	4,628
#289	New Forest	47.9%	4,724
#293	Tewkesbury	48.0%	2,884
#292	Wakefield	48.0%	17,627
#291	Westmorland and Furness	48.0%	6,775
#294	South Tyneside	48.1%	8,811
#295	Liverpool	48.2%	31,297
#296	Rotherham	48.2%	16,344
#297	Tonbridge and Malling	48.2%	3,981
#300	Barnet	48.4%	13,270
#298	Redcar and Cleveland	48.4%	7,588
#299	St. Helens	48.4%	10,766
#301	Barnsley	48.5%	13,982
#302	Torridge	48.6%	2,472
#306	Enfield	48.7%	16,589
#305	North Norfolk	48.7%	3,205
#304	Ribble Valley	48.7%	1,673
#303	Sunderland	48.7%	17,491
#307	Hartlepool	48.8%	6,723
#309	Castle Point	48.9%	3,243
#308	County Durham	48.9%	29,594
#310	Blackpool	49.6%	10,053
#311	Fylde	49.6%	3,105
#312	Knowsley	49.8%	10,737
#314	Maldon	49.9%	2,088
#315	Tendring	49.9%	7,356
#313	Wyre	49.9%	4,695
#316	Westminster	50.0%	6,940

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). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Councils without a rate

Scotland has migrated to Adult Disability Payment; Scottish councils are shown without an award rate or rank. Elsewhere, a council with fewer than 500 new claim decisions in the window is shown without a rate rather than with an unstable one.

Aberdeen City: Scotland: Adult Disability Payment, not ranked
Aberdeenshire: Scotland: Adult Disability Payment, not ranked
Angus: Scotland: Adult Disability Payment, not ranked
Argyll and Bute: Scotland: Adult Disability Payment, not ranked
City of Edinburgh: Scotland: Adult Disability Payment, not ranked
City of London: fewer than 500 decisions
Clackmannanshire: Scotland: Adult Disability Payment, not ranked
Dumfries and Galloway: Scotland: Adult Disability Payment, not ranked
Dundee City: Scotland: Adult Disability Payment, not ranked
East Ayrshire: Scotland: Adult Disability Payment, not ranked
East Dunbartonshire: Scotland: Adult Disability Payment, not ranked
East Lothian: Scotland: Adult Disability Payment, not ranked
East Renfrewshire: Scotland: Adult Disability Payment, not ranked
Falkirk: Scotland: Adult Disability Payment, not ranked
Fife: Scotland: Adult Disability Payment, not ranked
Glasgow City: Scotland: Adult Disability Payment, not ranked
Highland: Scotland: Adult Disability Payment, not ranked
Inverclyde: Scotland: Adult Disability Payment, not ranked
Isles of Scilly: fewer than 500 decisions
Midlothian: Scotland: Adult Disability Payment, not ranked
Moray: Scotland: Adult Disability Payment, not ranked
Na h-Eileanan Siar: Scotland: Adult Disability Payment, not ranked
North Ayrshire: Scotland: Adult Disability Payment, not ranked
North Lanarkshire: Scotland: Adult Disability Payment, not ranked
Orkney Islands: Scotland: Adult Disability Payment, not ranked
Perth and Kinross: Scotland: Adult Disability Payment, not ranked
Renfrewshire: Scotland: Adult Disability Payment, not ranked
Scottish Borders: Scotland: Adult Disability Payment, not ranked
Shetland Islands: Scotland: Adult Disability Payment, not ranked
South Ayrshire: Scotland: Adult Disability Payment, not ranked
South Lanarkshire: Scotland: Adult Disability Payment, not ranked
Stirling: Scotland: Adult Disability Payment, not ranked
West Dunbartonshire: Scotland: Adult Disability Payment, not ranked
West Lothian: Scotland: Adult Disability Payment, not ranked

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