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Find your council to compare it with the rest of its nation on Universal Credit health, PIP decisions and the disability benefits paid in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Updated 24 September 2026 from the latest official releases. Next update after DWP's release on 15 December 2026.

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Every area, nation by nation

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England 296 council areas

The date of each figure is under its heading. The PIP columns are cumulative outcomes since April 2013 (award reviews since July 2016), not the number of people getting PIP now. The MR median time covers MRs cleared in 2025-26 only. n/p means not published because there are too few cases. * marks an area with fewer than 20,000 residents, where rates rest on very small numbers. DWP publishes no England-only row, so the England figures in the last row are derived from the rows it does publish. The exception is the MR median time, marked †: medians cannot be combined, so that cell gives the England and Wales median.

England: every council area, then England as a whole. Select a column heading to sort.
Adur2,76542%73.561%19%75%777,02023%58%9%10%3,640
Amber Valley6,64147%83.556%20%74%7817,88022%56%9%13%8,150
Arun7,37740%76.662%20%72%7417,22024%58%8%9%8,790
Ashfield8,35545%104.256%21%67%7722,67023%57%9%11%10,330
Ashford6,09441%70.260%18%72%7514,80022%59%9%10%7,400
Babergh3,06939%55.362%20%66%748,03021%62%7%9%4,090
Barking and Dagenham13,04530%81.658%15%72%7429,03025%60%8%8%13,520
Barnet19,33236%73.062%17%79%7534,91023%59%9%9%17,710
Barnsley18,18748%116.863%18%57%7647,11025%58%8%9%27,690
Basildon9,72541%81.159%16%65%7423,64023%62%7%8%11,690
Basingstoke and Deane6,03037%49.359%17%71%7716,06024%59%8%9%7,790
Bassetlaw6,77645%89.361%17%64%7617,64025%60%7%8%9,120
Bath and North East Somerset6,92246%53.362%20%77%7516,92023%57%10%10%8,700
Bedford8,86839%71.861%16%66%7620,24022%59%9%10%10,140
Bexley9,26937%56.961%18%77%7525,41023%62%7%8%12,660
Birmingham90,81137%117.754%17%58%77200,05025%57%8%11%85,870
Blaby3,16239%47.757%22%70%779,89023%58%7%12%4,220
Blackburn with Darwen12,84643%123.860%17%64%7628,79025%57%9%9%15,150
Blackpool15,23850%172.961%17%65%7532,78024%60%8%9%19,410
Bolsover5,34147%101.860%19%69%7715,11024%58%9%9%7,870
Bolton20,81541%109.061%18%59%7747,31023%61%8%8%26,210
Boston4,35239%100.055%19%65%7810,54026%57%8%10%4,660
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole19,75844%78.760%19%76%7547,60024%57%9%10%24,710
Bracknell Forest3,61635%42.559%18%69%759,64024%58%8%10%4,240
Bradford39,85038%115.258%17%52%7793,14024%58%8%10%45,300
Braintree6,17339%60.960%18%65%7416,26022%62%6%10%7,650
Breckland6,45144%74.961%20%58%7516,23023%60%8%9%8,280
Brent20,98533%85.760%16%74%7537,48023%60%9%9%17,810
Brentwood2,14341%44.061%17%63%755,90021%64%8%7%2,840
Brighton and Hove17,14747%84.361%19%77%7534,33023%56%10%10%19,030
Bristol, City of27,41846%77.661%18%79%7659,81023%57%10%10%33,400
Broadland4,52043%55.964%22%66%7412,22023%59%8%10%6,350
Bromley11,92740%56.661%18%76%7628,15024%58%9%9%13,730
Bromsgrove3,18744%53.459%19%63%779,16025%58%6%10%3,750
Broxbourne4,76740%73.661%17%75%7411,21024%60%8%8%5,290
Broxtowe4,93145%70.057%22%70%7713,03023%56%9%12%6,050
Buckinghamshire14,94234%42.060%19%68%7539,44023%58%9%11%18,110
Burnley7,94543%127.560%17%63%7517,53025%59%8%8%9,410
Bury11,61343%94.462%18%60%7628,36023%61%8%9%15,000
Calderdale13,77446%106.361%17%55%7630,87024%58%9%9%16,180
Cambridge4,94245%44.260%18%69%7610,58021%61%7%11%5,510
Camden13,92945%86.663%20%78%7524,17023%58%10%9%14,300
Cannock Chase5,47744%84.358%20%60%7715,67023%62%6%8%7,510
Canterbury7,68444%76.961%20%72%7518,61022%62%7%9%9,450
Castle Point3,23243%62.762%18%68%729,81024%62%6%7%4,880
Central Bedfordshire10,24539%51.560%20%64%7626,49023%58%8%10%13,400
Charnwood7,24744%59.855%20%69%7719,48023%56%8%13%8,180
Chelmsford6,31142%53.659%17%68%7515,48022%62%7%9%7,310
Cheltenham4,62244%60.662%18%77%7610,19023%58%10%10%4,990
Cherwell5,29337%48.661%18%69%7613,68022%57%9%11%6,840
Cheshire East15,60444%61.262%20%61%7641,24023%60%8%9%20,950
Cheshire West and Chester17,30447%75.461%18%63%7645,55022%62%7%9%23,440
Chesterfield7,22349%111.263%19%70%7618,47024%58%9%9%10,650
Chichester4,26138%57.963%19%67%779,80024%57%9%10%4,900
Chorley5,47847%73.263%18%65%7414,21023%61%8%8%7,510
City of London *19838%14.560%19%n/pn/p42012%67%11%10%190
Colchester8,20640%64.860%17%66%7520,94022%62%7%9%10,270
Cornwall31,62347%93.461%20%77%7672,65023%59%9%9%38,270
Cotswold2,40240%46.664%20%75%766,01024%58%8%9%3,160
County Durham40,66452%122.663%18%53%7699,85024%61%8%8%58,160
Coventry21,41639%88.457%19%72%7750,53024%57%9%10%22,160
Crawley5,66834%69.359%19%72%7612,95023%58%9%10%6,350
Croydon19,62132%72.559%17%77%7544,57023%58%9%9%20,590
Cumberland15,26851%91.164%19%68%7639,30022%61%8%8%24,120
Dacorum6,05639%60.160%18%66%7614,48023%60%8%10%7,240
Darlington6,84545%99.159%18%51%7717,48023%61%8%8%8,930
Dartford4,35535%53.960%18%76%7511,93022%62%8%8%5,610
Derby17,81642%101.255%18%69%7743,88023%57%8%12%19,400
Derbyshire Dales2,30149%56.860%24%75%786,29023%57%8%12%2,900
Doncaster22,19545%111.661%17%54%7654,67025%59%8%8%27,840
Dorset14,64643%69.063%20%79%7639,61023%58%9%10%21,080
Dover6,79144%97.060%17%73%7417,16022%63%7%8%8,840
Dudley18,21540%89.756%20%61%7847,64025%59%7%9%22,770
Ealing19,85433%74.161%15%71%7534,60023%59%9%9%16,220
East Cambridgeshire3,01342%52.562%18%66%747,58023%61%7%9%3,810
East Devon5,53844%64.161%20%79%7313,21024%58%8%10%6,850
East Hampshire3,17937%41.962%19%67%768,50023%59%9%10%3,850
East Hertfordshire4,52141%46.360%20%65%7410,55023%61%7%10%4,950
East Lindsey9,56248%120.558%19%65%7725,38025%57%8%10%12,370
East Riding of Yorkshire13,73445%66.760%18%63%7635,95025%58%7%9%16,350
East Staffordshire5,92340%72.956%21%69%7814,59024%58%8%11%6,400
East Suffolk12,24147%88.462%20%64%7430,79023%60%8%9%16,420
Eastbourne6,45344%105.859%18%73%7614,62024%56%11%10%7,930
Eastleigh4,12036%47.061%18%72%7611,67024%59%8%8%5,700
Elmbridge3,20837%37.162%19%80%767,84023%58%8%10%3,500
Enfield22,01034%103.862%16%70%7541,38024%59%8%8%20,470
Epping Forest4,66340%55.062%19%72%7311,73023%63%7%7%5,900
Epsom and Ewell2,01638%39.163%20%83%755,14023%58%9%10%2,380
Erewash6,24645%88.955%19%74%7716,91023%57%9%12%7,650
Exeter6,52048%68.259%19%77%7614,86023%57%9%11%7,630
Fareham3,07941%46.262%17%67%768,81024%58%9%9%4,150
Fenland5,54841%88.356%20%65%7715,18024%57%8%10%6,950
Folkestone and Hythe6,12945%95.062%18%74%7416,37022%62%8%8%8,670
Forest of Dean4,08547%77.862%18%78%779,39024%58%9%9%4,920
Fylde3,72248%76.864%19%63%749,39023%62%7%8%5,290
Gateshead13,30845%106.062%17%45%7635,99024%60%8%8%20,650
Gedling5,45644%74.358%22%71%7715,03023%57%8%12%7,110
Gloucester7,59845%85.760%17%78%7717,50024%58%9%10%8,700
Gosport4,27240%86.360%15%68%7610,91025%57%9%9%5,890
Gravesham5,14636%74.659%17%74%7513,37022%62%7%9%6,500
Great Yarmouth7,89746%134.761%19%65%7418,93024%57%9%10%10,310
Greenwich16,03936%75.559%16%76%7534,21024%58%9%10%17,360
Guildford3,62638%36.160%19%71%769,41023%57%8%11%4,410
Hackney18,36434%93.560%17%78%7534,80023%58%10%9%19,050
Halton10,17548%124.164%18%64%7526,12023%62%8%8%14,940
Hammersmith and Fulham10,00340%70.661%17%78%7517,09024%58%9%9%8,980
Harborough2,68643%42.259%22%72%777,55023%58%8%11%3,160
Haringey18,39936%96.860%16%73%7533,65023%59%9%9%16,800
Harlow5,09636%81.259%16%65%7212,34024%61%7%8%5,960
Harrow10,26432%57.961%17%69%7420,74023%60%8%9%9,630
Hart1,91034%30.562%19%73%755,31022%59%9%9%2,440
Hartlepool9,45251%155.263%16%45%7521,30024%61%8%8%12,800
Hastings7,50647%133.959%16%71%7516,05024%57%9%9%8,480
Havant6,31442%86.260%17%70%7515,77024%57%9%10%8,300
Havering10,78736%61.660%17%74%7526,11025%60%8%8%11,930
Herefordshire, County of7,36243%66.962%21%61%7619,60025%59%7%9%9,410
Hertsmere4,40039%64.763%19%75%7510,06024%59%8%8%5,050
High Peak4,13448%74.964%19%70%7710,69024%58%9%10%5,820
Hillingdon13,55933%62.260%17%66%7429,04024%59%8%9%13,550
Hinckley and Bosworth4,64845%65.557%21%70%7712,24025%57%7%11%5,350
Horsham3,74038%42.262%19%73%769,96023%59%9%10%4,750
Hounslow14,89533%72.760%17%75%7627,51023%59%9%9%12,980
Huntingdonshire6,43442%54.757%21%70%7816,89024%56%8%13%7,350
Hyndburn6,84144%126.461%16%65%7615,10024%59%9%8%7,930
Ipswich8,02339%91.661%17%67%7520,58021%62%8%9%10,450
Isle of Wight8,14145%105.363%19%74%7519,97024%57%10%9%11,290
Isles of Scilly *3031%21.970%n/pn/pn/p60n/pn/pn/pn/pn/p
Islington16,54044%96.361%17%80%7429,13023%58%10%9%17,260
Kensington and Chelsea7,39848%71.463%20%78%7411,95023%57%11%9%7,110
King's Lynn and West Norfolk7,58345%84.858%22%62%7719,66024%58%8%10%9,240
Kingston upon Hull, City of23,63644%134.157%15%65%7648,14026%58%7%9%22,170
Kingston upon Thames5,79838%50.662%19%78%7411,69023%58%9%10%5,480
Kirklees26,74342%96.559%18%63%7563,98023%58%9%10%33,420
Knowsley14,55750%142.365%18%68%7636,48024%61%8%7%22,270
Lambeth17,63136%73.459%17%77%7535,47022%58%9%10%17,120
Lancaster8,00149%87.963%19%62%7619,55023%60%8%9%10,760
Leeds46,81642%84.559%18%62%76107,10024%57%9%10%54,160
Leicester24,53437%94.754%18%68%7755,05023%57%8%12%23,550
Lewes4,30341%73.961%19%78%7511,00022%58%9%11%5,830
Lewisham18,42036%85.559%17%74%7436,89023%58%9%10%18,030
Lichfield3,93743%58.660%20%60%7710,82023%61%8%8%5,130
Lincoln6,95746%98.154%17%70%7616,47024%57%8%12%7,420
Liverpool46,69849%135.964%19%69%76105,48024%60%8%8%63,930
Luton12,54033%80.656%16%61%7529,41023%57%9%11%13,940
Maidstone7,43839%63.060%19%72%7417,74022%62%7%8%8,660
Maldon2,32842%57.661%20%73%746,28023%62%6%9%3,100
Malvern Hills3,20945%67.959%20%68%767,80023%58%7%11%3,450
Manchester46,61242%110.962%18%59%7694,43023%60%8%8%53,330
Mansfield7,64146%109.159%19%67%7719,98023%58%8%11%9,760
Medway14,47839%78.959%18%72%7538,46023%62%7%8%18,670
Melton1,85038%57.556%21%64%785,02022%60%8%10%2,000
Merton7,81332%52.360%17%77%7517,02024%58%9%10%7,780
Mid Devon3,54044%71.461%21%78%768,55024%57%9%11%4,250
Mid Suffolk3,44341%52.164%20%63%738,97021%63%8%9%4,660
Mid Sussex4,07138%41.562%19%75%7610,32022%58%9%11%5,050
Middlesbrough13,17445%138.062%16%50%7630,33024%61%8%8%17,090
Milton Keynes12,76535%64.060%17%66%7630,97024%59%8%9%15,660
Mole Valley2,33043%45.163%20%80%775,97022%58%9%11%2,670
New Forest5,79343%60.965%21%72%7615,20024%59%9%8%7,900
Newark and Sherwood6,18845%80.560%21%67%7716,48023%58%8%11%7,870
Newcastle upon Tyne20,65145%94.361%18%44%7648,19024%60%8%8%26,960
Newcastle-under-Lyme6,26846%78.858%19%67%7617,55023%60%7%10%8,770
Newham20,12329%72.858%16%72%7539,98024%59%8%8%17,850
North Devon4,99746%86.660%21%72%7511,36024%59%9%9%5,850
North East Derbyshire5,28149%83.863%18%70%7714,27024%60%8%8%8,110
North East Lincolnshire11,47445%120.060%18%57%7626,85025%58%8%9%14,250
North Hertfordshire4,57041%54.561%19%67%7411,43024%59%8%10%5,660
North Kesteven4,26243%58.260%21%69%7713,04024%58%8%11%6,140
North Lincolnshire8,91941%87.862%18%52%7524,54025%58%8%9%12,890
North Norfolk4,74747%88.464%21%63%7711,45024%59%9%8%6,270
North Northamptonshire17,33040%73.257%18%73%7747,48025%56%8%11%22,380
North Somerset9,93048%74.661%20%79%7724,49023%58%9%10%12,800
North Tyneside12,04346%91.262%18%52%7632,48024%61%7%8%17,810
North Warwickshire2,95642%72.759%20%63%778,38025%57%8%10%3,760
North West Leicestershire4,39644%62.355%19%67%7712,15024%57%7%12%5,130
North Yorkshire23,06045%62.461%19%62%7660,52025%57%8%10%29,520
Northumberland17,47947%91.364%20%45%7645,79024%61%7%8%25,730
Norwich10,66747%105.660%20%67%7421,89023%57%9%11%12,290
Nottingham25,95643%113.955%19%70%7656,79023%56%9%12%27,460
Nuneaton and Bedworth7,88642%88.658%20%68%7820,60025%58%8%9%9,250
Oadby and Wigston2,18740%59.056%21%70%776,46023%57%9%11%2,810
Oldham18,02039%115.760%17%60%7640,83024%58%8%9%20,710
Oxford5,49138%45.361%19%71%7612,56022%58%9%12%6,430
Pendle6,77439%111.361%16%59%7514,65025%59%8%8%7,580
Peterborough13,35337%93.853%18%66%7831,04022%58%8%12%13,340
Plymouth17,59247%100.959%18%71%7644,79024%57%9%10%23,730
Portsmouth11,74239%82.659%16%67%7627,03024%58%9%10%13,760
Preston10,35943%95.661%17%59%7624,13023%60%8%9%13,020
Reading7,10734%55.656%16%67%7616,71023%58%8%10%7,500
Redbridge12,65330%59.159%16%73%7428,70024%60%8%8%12,310
Redcar and Cleveland11,29551%138.964%18%50%7625,46023%62%8%7%15,490
Redditch4,48741%82.957%18%63%7712,08025%58%7%10%5,210
Reigate and Banstead4,35339%44.262%18%82%7411,41022%58%10%10%5,090
Ribble Valley1,62142%41.263%18%66%764,80024%58%9%10%2,300
Richmond upon Thames5,40841%43.364%18%77%7611,40023%59%9%9%5,610
Rochdale17,28241%117.360%17%59%7639,58025%58%8%9%20,270
Rochford2,68843%50.361%18%62%737,43024%63%6%8%3,340
Rossendale4,25345%93.462%17%61%7610,37024%59%8%9%5,470
Rother4,45046%88.462%18%70%7610,41023%59%9%9%5,500
Rotherham20,17447%117.761%17%59%7650,61025%58%8%9%26,140
Rugby4,39839%55.860%18%68%7711,62025%57%8%10%5,240
Runnymede2,55636%42.060%19%78%746,61022%59%8%11%2,880
Rushcliffe3,28144%42.960%22%72%779,18023%57%8%12%4,130
Rushmoor3,72037%53.159%17%67%769,13022%57%9%11%4,250
Rutland93739%38.859%26%73%782,83024%58%7%11%1,220
Salford21,26643%104.361%17%63%7645,97024%61%7%8%25,490
Sandwell24,08638%107.254%17%61%7760,81025%58%8%10%28,720
Sefton18,88550%111.164%19%70%7647,63023%62%8%7%27,600
Sevenoaks3,62841%50.561%18%73%769,76024%59%8%9%4,640
Sheffield37,15645%97.760%18%63%7787,82024%57%9%10%47,050
Shropshire12,47645%65.162%23%62%7833,06022%61%7%9%16,140
Slough6,92729%62.657%17%64%7615,87024%57%8%10%7,080
Solihull9,65442%73.858%19%65%7625,67025%57%8%10%11,600
Somerset26,14546%76.761%18%77%7661,34023%58%9%10%31,550
South Cambridgeshire4,52140%42.763%19%68%7611,29021%61%7%10%5,560
South Derbyshire4,58343%61.456%19%70%7713,15025%56%8%12%5,940
South Gloucestershire10,42642%53.461%18%77%7527,34022%58%9%10%13,970
South Hams3,34246%64.962%23%73%768,14024%58%9%9%4,180
South Holland4,37539%73.758%20%69%7611,84024%59%8%9%5,380
South Kesteven5,77041%66.458%20%70%7715,82024%57%7%12%7,120
South Norfolk5,07943%58.563%20%65%7412,60023%60%8%9%6,840
South Oxfordshire3,42936%35.961%19%68%769,04023%59%8%11%4,150
South Ribble4,73645%66.263%19%63%7513,53023%62%7%8%7,150
South Staffordshire3,91843%58.760%21%64%7811,67024%61%6%8%5,660
South Tyneside11,80147%129.163%16%52%7730,08023%61%8%8%17,970
Southampton14,26440%79.259%17%73%7633,42024%58%9%9%17,890
Southend-on-Sea11,09145%97.159%17%67%7323,92023%62%7%8%11,630
Southwark17,47237%73.960%17%76%7434,61023%58%9%9%17,550
Spelthorne3,79136%56.360%18%79%769,06023%60%8%9%4,050
St Albans3,98440%43.063%20%70%759,50023%58%8%10%4,540
St. Helens13,80450%117.363%18%66%7735,54023%62%7%7%20,450
Stafford5,39144%63.160%21%64%7614,91023%60%7%9%7,330
Staffordshire Moorlands3,35447%60.360%20%65%7710,58023%60%7%10%5,180
Stevenage4,45339%75.460%18%64%7411,41024%58%8%9%5,780
Stockport15,41048%83.062%19%66%7636,16024%58%9%9%18,940
Stockton-on-Tees12,76546%100.961%16%47%7533,26023%61%8%8%17,750
Stoke-on-Trent19,88444%116.356%18%65%7748,42024%60%7%9%23,200
Stratford-on-Avon4,35841%50.559%20%69%7711,07023%58%9%11%4,670
Stroud4,41146%59.363%20%80%7710,28022%60%9%9%5,230
Sunderland22,88248%129.062%16%47%7659,02023%61%8%8%34,710
Surrey Heath2,13436%36.660%21%73%755,88023%55%9%12%2,640
Sutton7,99337%58.562%18%80%7518,33024%59%8%9%8,680
Swale8,83042%89.860%18%72%7422,31022%62%7%8%11,490
Swindon10,68040%68.059%16%77%7525,84023%59%9%10%13,320
Tameside16,90244%111.361%18%62%7539,45024%59%8%8%21,500
Tamworth3,83140%75.856%18%61%7711,41026%57%8%10%5,090
Tandridge2,54539%47.562%20%78%766,44023%59%9%10%2,910
Teignbridge5,85845%74.862%22%74%7714,65024%58%8%10%7,390
Telford and Wrekin11,95543%96.158%20%58%7830,80023%61%7%9%15,440
Tendring10,01647%115.164%18%65%7323,53024%63%7%7%13,190
Test Valley4,15539%51.362%17%77%7411,06024%58%8%10%5,460
Tewkesbury3,62741%59.163%19%75%778,06023%60%8%9%4,040
Thanet10,16643%121.260%18%73%7425,15023%62%7%9%12,580
Three Rivers2,71239%45.661%19%74%747,12024%58%9%10%3,520
Thurrock7,47334%64.058%16%71%7620,13024%62%7%8%9,220
Tonbridge and Malling4,55440%54.561%18%75%7511,94022%61%8%9%5,780
Torbay9,61849%120.961%19%73%7622,73024%58%9%9%12,090
Torridge3,46446%90.064%20%73%758,00025%57%9%9%4,260
Tower Hamlets20,65232%79.256%15%74%7537,54023%58%9%9%18,470
Trafford10,42946%70.363%20%62%7626,31024%61%7%8%13,950
Tunbridge Wells4,10843%57.061%18%75%749,26023%58%9%10%4,340
Uttlesford2,19437%38.160%21%71%755,90021%62%7%10%2,600
Vale of White Horse3,83335%41.562%18%70%779,57023%58%9%11%4,690
Wakefield24,00146%104.460%18%62%7658,77025%58%8%9%30,630
Walsall20,32940%111.857%18%62%7749,17024%61%6%8%23,970
Waltham Forest13,98732%70.460%16%75%7429,68025%59%8%8%14,130
Wandsworth12,87336%50.659%18%77%7525,37022%59%9%10%12,240
Warrington10,72648%80.363%18%66%7727,45023%61%7%9%14,750
Warwick5,17144%51.258%22%75%7812,08024%57%8%11%5,060
Watford4,32534%60.860%16%71%749,66021%60%9%10%4,650
Waverley3,01039%37.062%19%72%767,25022%56%9%12%3,300
Wealden4,93140%52.263%20%74%7512,93023%59%9%10%6,180
Welwyn Hatfield5,10941%64.561%17%77%7511,60023%59%9%9%5,910
West Berkshire4,51937%44.759%16%71%7712,37024%58%8%10%5,440
West Devon2,23346%68.563%20%73%755,58024%57%9%10%2,980
West Lancashire5,86446%77.764%18%62%7615,77024%62%7%7%8,550
West Lindsey4,93746%86.362%17%67%7613,03023%59%9%9%7,000
West Northamptonshire17,02538%60.557%18%76%7745,54025%55%8%12%20,860
West Oxfordshire3,16038%43.662%17%68%757,94021%58%9%12%3,920
West Suffolk6,64640%57.660%18%69%7317,13022%61%7%10%8,620
Westminster13,27447%82.765%20%77%7520,93023%58%11%8%12,980
Westmorland and Furness8,92049%66.064%19%68%7624,35022%61%8%9%12,920
Wigan20,79546%96.163%19%58%7654,18023%62%7%8%29,840
Wiltshire17,88541%57.261%19%78%7646,41023%58%9%10%23,570
Winchester3,74539%45.061%18%70%778,97023%59%8%9%4,590
Windsor and Maidenhead3,69236%37.159%17%69%769,47023%57%9%11%4,180
Wirral23,60451%120.263%19%63%7761,32023%61%8%8%35,790
Woking3,00436%44.761%20%69%767,34023%57%9%12%3,230
Wokingham3,39334%29.061%18%69%779,65024%59%7%10%4,140
Wolverhampton18,81639%106.756%18%64%7744,49024%60%7%9%20,900
Worcester4,86541%70.356%19%66%7712,74025%57%7%11%5,260
Worthing5,25345%75.962%17%73%7511,76023%58%9%10%6,230
Wychavon5,03941%62.459%20%65%7712,75025%57%8%10%5,730
Wyre6,03349%89.364%18%64%7715,58023%62%7%8%9,270
Wyre Forest5,67047%93.558%20%66%7714,35024%60%6%10%6,560
York7,04945%50.759%19%64%7617,76025%56%8%11%8,120
England as a whole2,982,20241%80.560%18%67%76 (England and Wales median)7,084,60024%59%8%9%3,592,940
Wales 22 council areas

The date of each figure is under its heading. The PIP columns are cumulative outcomes since April 2013 (award reviews since July 2016), not the number of people getting PIP now. The MR median time covers MRs cleared in 2025-26 only.

Wales: every council area, then Wales as a whole. Select a column heading to sort.
Blaenau Gwent6,92454%166.560%18%72%7716,85025%59%8%8%9,160
BridgendPen-y-bont ar Ogwr10,75153%119.959%20%74%7727,64024%58%8%9%14,260
CaerphillyCaerffili14,68053%135.959%18%72%7739,36025%59%8%9%20,950
CardiffCaerdydd24,57047%94.656%19%73%7656,45024%58%8%10%27,880
CarmarthenshireSir Gaerfyrddin13,13953%119.359%19%74%7533,79025%58%8%9%17,790
Ceredigion3,72049%86.061%21%76%779,15024%58%8%11%4,490
Conwy7,15648%112.460%19%70%7618,40025%57%8%10%9,150
DenbighshireSir Ddinbych6,76149%120.160%20%74%7618,01024%58%8%10%9,200
FlintshireSir y Fflint8,26146%87.459%21%70%7722,93024%58%8%10%11,050
Gwynedd6,17046%84.359%20%69%7715,11026%55%8%11%6,900
Isle of AngleseyYnys Môn4,08547%107.062%20%70%7510,13026%56%7%11%4,930
Merthyr TydfilMerthyr Tudful5,43853%151.960%19%75%7714,07025%58%8%9%7,400
MonmouthshireSir Fynwy4,14651%75.462%21%81%7611,00025%56%9%10%5,460
Neath Port TalbotCastell-nedd Port Talbot12,91556%149.858%18%73%7732,69025%57%8%10%18,230
NewportCasnewydd11,24946%105.758%17%72%7628,28024%59%8%9%14,260
PembrokeshireSir Benfro7,39147%104.260%19%78%7719,03026%57%8%9%9,770
Powys6,40249%85.563%22%71%7716,45025%58%8%10%8,120
Rhondda Cynon Taf20,34255%135.459%18%75%7650,28024%59%8%9%26,360
SwanseaAbertawe18,80853%119.858%18%73%7745,24025%57%8%10%24,460
TorfaenTor-faen7,47249%131.459%18%73%7719,12024%58%8%9%10,300
Vale of GlamorganBro Morgannwg7,48749%93.658%20%72%7718,85023%58%8%11%9,330
WrexhamWrecsam8,52947%100.659%20%70%7823,33025%55%9%12%11,470
Wales as a whole216,38150%111.859%19%73%77546,14025%58%8%10%280,910
Scotland 32 council areas

The date of each figure is under its heading.

Scotland: every council area, then Scotland as a whole. Select a column heading to sort.
Aberdeen City11,54147%75.313,66589.238.7%4,700122.93,25589.92,99015.4
Aberdeenshire10,26950%65.013,86587.842.7%5,700100.74,10588.23,96518.2
Angus6,83950%102.610,330154.943.7%4,250148.61,895107.92,77528.6
Argyll and Bute4,57752%90.46,885136.045.9%3,795162.71,320111.11,78523.7
City of Edinburgh25,86449%69.733,44090.141.7%10,410127.36,59090.36,99515.3
Clackmannanshire4,13854%129.95,630176.742.8%1,700159.31,150137.31,62037.5
Dumfries and Galloway9,48352%114.914,470175.344.2%6,970177.53,000141.24,57536.8
Dundee City12,58753%129.618,095186.343.7%5,275201.72,835121.84,43035.4
East Ayrshire9,59451%129.713,550183.244.3%5,590217.82,530126.64,27042.1
East Dunbartonshire3,94449%63.37,025112.745.6%4,670176.81,78092.12,01522.3
East Lothian5,82349%82.68,620122.342.2%3,410140.12,125106.12,16522.5
East Renfrewshire3,50650%61.25,985104.545.3%3,825180.11,70084.71,86523.4
Falkirk10,53951%104.015,850156.442.9%5,240171.13,265124.84,29032.0
Fife25,48851%111.135,665155.441.1%13,090163.27,785132.110,00531.8
Glasgow City62,03751%133.677,175166.243.6%20,425236.814,495149.920,70537.1
Highland12,27051%86.618,395129.844.2%7,575134.93,49597.34,46022.1
Inverclyde7,32558%152.410,160211.444.9%3,760216.81,780150.02,54538.2
Midlothian5,68350%91.98,965145.041.8%3,160169.82,685143.52,37029.0
Moray4,71249%82.87,010123.142.0%2,640122.91,655110.41,78022.3
Na h-Eileanan Siar1,17854%79.42,110142.348.2%1,210177.123563.645520.6
North Ayrshire11,82053%148.616,145202.943.1%6,500206.02,790135.94,94543.7
North Lanarkshire27,68154%125.742,005190.843.7%14,370237.57,670130.211,79041.4
Orkney Islands91653%72.11,400110.349.2%765138.627582.234018.3
Perth and Kinross7,29750%79.611,435124.742.7%4,965132.32,645112.03,11523.7
Renfrewshire12,54953%104.419,010158.144.0%6,910191.43,280107.84,41027.8
Scottish Borders6,09349%91.48,385125.843.6%4,055131.51,70097.82,20522.2
Shetland Islands86652%63.91,355100.043.5%780156.135090.431016.5
South Ayrshire7,43353%115.610,745167.144.5%5,425182.91,910115.43,11032.5
South Lanarkshire21,95054%106.134,070164.643.9%13,020195.37,325130.99,69034.8
Stirling4,62452%77.96,760113.944.8%2,835148.81,44099.81,89023.7
West Dunbartonshire8,47054%154.511,410208.244.4%3,645206.52,165148.52,96040.1
West Lothian12,70252%106.819,120160.842.7%5,465170.44,570134.75,20033.9
Scotland as a whole359,80252%102.7510,150145.643.1%186,390170.7104,185118.7136,61029.3
Northern Ireland 11 Local Government Districts

The date of each figure is under its heading.

Northern Ireland: every Local Government District, then Northern Ireland as a whole. Select a column heading to sort.
Antrim and Newtownabbey16,240174.65,140201.74,92041.03,030106.8
Ards and North Down16,630170.27,670207.35,55040.52,78097.4
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon23,520171.17,370204.18,31047.23,56075.8
Belfast51,940223.510,030197.114,64051.08,740134.7
Causeway Coast and Glens16,980198.76,390228.56,02052.22,49093.9
Derry City and Strabane25,890272.65,230211.28,44069.53,310106.2
Fermanagh and Omagh13,750197.14,420198.44,55048.71,86077.0
Lisburn and Castlereagh13,160140.65,140190.74,18034.22,64088.0
Mid Ulster15,480165.74,950212.16,02050.92,73080.4
Mid and East Antrim15,200178.15,800209.54,76041.52,700107.3
Newry, Mourne and Down21,020190.86,890218.17,83054.43,40087.1
Northern Ireland as a whole230,280193.069,060206.775,27048.637,24098.3

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What these figures show

Every figure on this page comes from an official statistics release: the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for Great Britain, Social Security Scotland for Scotland's own benefits and the Department for Communities for Northern Ireland. Rates per 1,000 residents are worked out from those figures and the official mid-2025 population estimates.

Counts on a date and outcomes over many years

Most figures are counts on a single date, such as the number of people getting Adult Disability Payment at the end of a month. Each row in the finder shows its own date.

The PIP percentages for England and Wales are different. They are cumulative outcomes: the share of initial decisions since April 2013 that awarded PIP, the share of mandatory reconsiderations and tribunal appeals on those decisions that changed the result and the outcomes of award reviews since July 2016. They show how claims have been decided over many years, not how many people get PIP now. The median time to clear a mandatory reconsideration is different again: it covers the single financial year 2025-26.

Where a person is counted

For PIP outcomes, the council is where the claimant lived when the initial decision was made. For Universal Credit health, DWP places each person in a council area from their postcode. Scottish and Northern Ireland figures also use the claimant's postcode. A small number of people whose postcode could not be matched are counted in the national totals but not in any council.

Council areas follow the publishers' 2026 tables: 296 in England, 22 in Wales, 32 in Scotland and 11 Local Government Districts in Northern Ireland. Barnsley and Sheffield keep their older area codes because both DWP and the Office for National Statistics still use them.

People entitled and people paid

Two counts include people who are entitled but not paid. Carer Support Payment in Scotland counts everyone entitled, including people with an underlying entitlement who get another benefit instead. Carer's Allowance in Northern Ireland counts claimants, including people on "credits only". Attendance Allowance claimants in Northern Ireland include a small number who were not being paid on the count date.

Rounding and figures that are not published

DWP rounds its PIP percentages to whole numbers and its PIP counts to the nearest 10. Social Security Scotland and the Department for Communities round their counts for disclosure control, and DWP applies disclosure control to the Universal Credit health figures, so council figures may not add up exactly to the national totals.

Where DWP marks a figure as based on fewer than 50 cases, this page shows it as not published (n/p), never as zero. That affects the City of London and the Isles of Scilly. Both have fewer than 20,000 residents and are flagged, because rates for very small areas can swing a long way.

Rates per 1,000 and age bands

Rates per 1,000 residents let you compare areas of different sizes. Each rate uses the age band that fits the benefit:

These are comparison rates, not the share of residents who claim, because some caseloads include people outside the band. For example, some people getting Adult Disability Payment are 65 or over.

England figures

DWP publishes no England-only row in these tables, so the England figures are derived. Universal Credit health, reconsideration and appeal figures for England add up DWP's nine English region rows. England's PIP award rate and award review outcomes are the England and Wales totals minus Wales and the claims with an address abroad or unknown. DWP gives no England median time for reconsiderations and medians cannot be added together, so the finder shows the England and Wales median instead. The data files label every derived figure and say how it was worked out.

Ranks

Areas are ranked only within their own nation, because the benefits and the rules differ between nations. Rank 1 is the highest value. Areas with the same value share a rank, and figures that are not published are not ranked. For the median time to clear a reconsideration, the highest value is the slowest area.

Adult Disability Payment's approval rate is not comparable with the PIP award rate. Social Security Scotland counts withdrawn applications and all refusals in the total, while DWP's PIP rate leaves out claims that ended before an assessment.

Every figure, defined

Open a figure to see its exact definition, period, source table and any caveats.

England, Wales and Scotland: Universal Credit health

People on Universal Credit with a health condition or disability that limits their ability to work

DWP's UC health caseload: people on Universal Credit who have sent in acceptable medical evidence and are waiting for a Work Capability Assessment, plus people found at their latest assessment to have limited capability for work or for work and work-related activity. Counted on the second Thursday of June 2026.

Period: June 2026.

Source: Department for Work and Pensions, Universal Credit Health statistics, Great Britain: April 2019 to June 2026, table 3_Proportion_of_UC, column "June 2026 UC Health caseload".

England figure (derived): Sum of DWP's nine English region rows; DWP's table has no England row.

  • Figures have DWP disclosure control applied, so council figures may not add up exactly to the national totals.
  • DWP places claimants in council areas using 2021 Census Output Areas matched to the ONS postcode lookup of February 2025 (DWP Note 2).
People on UC with a health condition as a percentage of everyone on Universal Credit

DWP's own percentage, rounded by DWP to the nearest whole number: the June 2026 UC health caseload as a proportion of everyone on Universal Credit in May 2026.

Period: UC health caseload June 2026 divided by people on UC in May 2026.

Compared with: People on Universal Credit as at May 2026 (DWP Note 11).

Source: Department for Work and Pensions, Universal Credit Health statistics, Great Britain: April 2019 to June 2026, table 3_Proportion_of_UC, column "UC health claimants (June 2026) as a proportion of people on UC as at May 2026".

England figure (derived): DWP's table has no England row. Derived from DWP's nine English region rows: caseload divided by the number of people on UC implied by DWP's unrounded proportions (7,222,784 people on UC in May 2026).

People on UC with a health condition per 1,000 residents aged 16 to 64

UC health caseload divided by the number of residents aged 16 to 64, multiplied by 1,000. A comparison rate between areas, not the share of residents claiming, because some UC health claimants are outside this age band.

Period: June 2026 caseload, mid-2025 population.

Compared with: Residents aged 16 to 64, mid-2025 (ONS for England and Wales, National Records of Scotland for Scotland).

Source: Department for Work and Pensions, Universal Credit Health statistics, Great Britain: April 2019 to June 2026, table 3_Proportion_of_UC, column "June 2026 UC Health caseload".

England figure: National caseload divided by national residents aged 16 to 64.

Wales figure: National caseload divided by national residents aged 16 to 64.

Scotland figure: National caseload divided by national residents aged 16 to 64.

England and Wales: PIP: initial decisions, reconsiderations and appeals

PIP initial decisions after an assessment that awarded PIP

DWP's own percentage, rounded by DWP to the nearest whole number. Cumulative outcomes, not the number of people getting PIP now. Covers new claims and DLA reassessments, under normal rules and special rules for end of life. The council is where the claimant lived at the initial decision. Because it leaves out claims that ended before an assessment, it is likely to be higher than an award rate worked out over all PIP claims.

Period: Initial decisions 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2026.

Compared with: PIP initial assessment decisions: awards plus disallowances made after a PIP assessment. Claims withdrawn and claims turned down before an assessment was completed are not included. Award reviews and changes of circumstances are not included.

Source: Department for Work and Pensions, Personal Independence Payment statistics to July 2026 (England and Wales), table 5F_(ii), column "PIP - decision breakdown: Awarded (%)".

England figure (derived): DWP publishes no England row. England and Wales awards (table 5A_(i)) minus DWP's Wales, abroad and unknown rows (table 5F_(iii)), divided by the matching decisions. Because those rows carry rounded percentages, the unrounded result lies between 59.99 and 60.07 per cent.

Wales figure: DWP's Wales row in table 5F_(iii).

  • Cumulative since April 2013, so it reflects many years of decisions, not only recent ones.
PIP mandatory reconsiderations where the award was changed

DWP's own percentage, rounded by DWP to the nearest whole number. A changed award can mean a refusal turned into an award or a change in the level of an existing award. Cumulative outcomes, not the number of people getting PIP now. Covers new claims and DLA reassessments, under normal rules and special rules for end of life. The council is where the claimant lived at the initial decision.

Period: MRs of initial decisions made 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2026, cleared by 30 June 2026.

Compared with: MR decisions made: award changed plus award unchanged. MRs withdrawn before a decision are not included, and cancelled MRs are not counted.

Source: Department for Work and Pensions, Personal Independence Payment statistics to July 2026 (England and Wales), table 5F_(ii), column "MR - decision breakdown: Award changed (%)".

England figure (derived): DWP publishes no England row. Award changed divided by changed plus unchanged, summed over DWP's nine English region rows.

Wales figure: DWP's Wales row in table 5F_(iii).

  • Some claimants whose award changed at MR go on to appeal, so MR and appeal figures cannot be added.
PIP appeals decided at a tribunal hearing where DWP's decision was overturned

DWP's own percentage, rounded by DWP to the nearest whole number. Overturned means the tribunal revised DWP's decision in the claimant's favour. Cumulative outcomes, not the number of people getting PIP now. Covers new claims and DLA reassessments, under normal rules and special rules for end of life. The council is where the claimant lived at the initial decision.

Period: Appeals on initial decisions made 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2026, cleared by 30 June 2026.

Compared with: Appeals cleared at a hearing: overturned plus upheld. Appeals withdrawn or struck out, and appeals that lapsed because DWP changed its decision before the hearing, are not included.

Source: Department for Work and Pensions, Personal Independence Payment statistics to July 2026 (England and Wales), table 5F_(ii), column "Appeals cleared at a hearing - decision breakdown: Overturned (%)".

England figure (derived): DWP publishes no England row. Overturned divided by overturned plus upheld, summed over DWP's nine English region rows.

Wales figure: DWP's Wales row in table 5F_(iii).

  • Shown as missing where DWP marks the count as [low] (fewer than 50 cases).
Median time to clear a PIP mandatory reconsideration under normal rules, in calendar days

DWP's median number of calendar days from MR registration to MR clearance, normal rules claims only. Rank 1 is the slowest area. DWP also publishes April to July 2026 as a part year; the last full financial year is used here.

Period: MRs cleared in the financial year 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.

Compared with: All MR decisions cleared in the year under normal rules, excluding withdrawn and cancelled MRs.

Source: Department for Work and Pensions, Personal Independence Payment statistics to July 2026 (England and Wales), table 4B_(ii), column "2025-26".

England figure (not published): DWP publishes no England-only median and medians cannot be combined. England and Wales: 76 days.

Wales figure: DWP's Wales row in table 4B_(iii).

  • Council figures are close together (72 to 78 days in England and 75 to 78 days in Wales).
  • DWP does not publish an England-only median and medians cannot be combined, so England has no national value; the England and Wales median is given as a reference.
PIP initial decisions made after an assessment

The number of decisions the PIP award rate is based on. DWP rounds volumes to the nearest 10. Cumulative outcomes, not the number of people getting PIP now. Covers new claims and DLA reassessments, under normal rules and special rules for end of life. The council is where the claimant lived at the initial decision.

Period: 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2026.

Source: Department for Work and Pensions, Personal Independence Payment statistics to July 2026 (England and Wales), table 5F_(ii), column "PIP initial assessment decisions".

England figure (derived): Sum of DWP's nine English region rows.

  • A count of decisions, not of people. It is not the number of people getting PIP now.

England and Wales: PIP award reviews

PIP award reviews where the award was increased

DWP's own percentage, rounded by DWP to the nearest whole number.

Period: Award reviews cleared 1 July 2016 to 31 March 2026.

Compared with: Initial review outcomes: all award review decisions after a PIP assessment, planned reviews and changes of circumstances, before any MR or appeal.

Source: Department for Work and Pensions, Personal Independence Payment statistics to July 2026 (England and Wales), table 6H_(ii), column "PIP - decision breakdown: Awarded - award increased (%)".

England figure (derived): DWP publishes no England row. England and Wales review outcomes (table 6A_(i)) minus DWP's Wales, abroad and unknown rows (table 6H_(iii)), divided by the matching review decisions. Because those rows carry rounded percentages, the unrounded result lies between 23.52 and 23.60 per cent.

Wales figure: DWP's Wales row in table 6H_(iii).

  • Cumulative since July 2016. The four review outcomes add up to about 100 per cent.
PIP award reviews where the award stayed the same

DWP's own percentage, rounded by DWP to the nearest whole number.

Period: Award reviews cleared 1 July 2016 to 31 March 2026.

Compared with: Initial review outcomes: all award review decisions after a PIP assessment, planned reviews and changes of circumstances, before any MR or appeal.

Source: Department for Work and Pensions, Personal Independence Payment statistics to July 2026 (England and Wales), table 6H_(ii), column "PIP - decision breakdown: Awarded - award maintained (%)".

England figure (derived): DWP publishes no England row. England and Wales review outcomes (table 6A_(i)) minus DWP's Wales, abroad and unknown rows (table 6H_(iii)), divided by the matching review decisions. Because those rows carry rounded percentages, the unrounded result lies between 58.92 and 59.00 per cent.

Wales figure: DWP's Wales row in table 6H_(iii).

  • Cumulative since July 2016. The four review outcomes add up to about 100 per cent.
PIP award reviews where the award was reduced

DWP's own percentage, rounded by DWP to the nearest whole number.

Period: Award reviews cleared 1 July 2016 to 31 March 2026.

Compared with: Initial review outcomes: all award review decisions after a PIP assessment, planned reviews and changes of circumstances, before any MR or appeal.

Source: Department for Work and Pensions, Personal Independence Payment statistics to July 2026 (England and Wales), table 6H_(ii), column "PIP - decision breakdown: Awarded - award decreased (%)".

England figure (derived): DWP publishes no England row. England and Wales review outcomes (table 6A_(i)) minus DWP's Wales, abroad and unknown rows (table 6H_(iii)), divided by the matching review decisions. Because those rows carry rounded percentages, the unrounded result lies between 8.16 and 8.24 per cent.

Wales figure: DWP's Wales row in table 6H_(iii).

  • Cumulative since July 2016. The four review outcomes add up to about 100 per cent.
PIP award reviews where entitlement ended

DWP's own percentage, rounded by DWP to the nearest whole number.

Period: Award reviews cleared 1 July 2016 to 31 March 2026.

Compared with: Initial review outcomes: all award review decisions after a PIP assessment, planned reviews and changes of circumstances, before any MR or appeal.

Source: Department for Work and Pensions, Personal Independence Payment statistics to July 2026 (England and Wales), table 6H_(ii), column "PIP - decision breakdown: Disallowed (%)".

England figure (derived): DWP publishes no England row. England and Wales review outcomes (table 6A_(i)) minus DWP's Wales, abroad and unknown rows (table 6H_(iii)), divided by the matching review decisions. Because those rows carry rounded percentages, the unrounded result lies between 9.17 and 9.25 per cent.

Wales figure: DWP's Wales row in table 6H_(iii).

  • Cumulative since July 2016. The four review outcomes add up to about 100 per cent.
PIP award review decisions

The number of review decisions the award review percentages are based on, rounded by DWP to the nearest 10.

Period: Award reviews cleared 1 July 2016 to 31 March 2026.

Source: Department for Work and Pensions, Personal Independence Payment statistics to July 2026 (England and Wales), table 6H_(ii), column "Initial review outcomes".

England figure (derived): Sum of DWP's nine English region rows.

Scotland: Adult Disability Payment

People getting Adult Disability Payment

Social Security Scotland caseload at 31 July 2026, new applicants and people transferred from DWP, each person counted once. Rounded for disclosure control.

Period: 31 July 2026.

Source: Social Security Scotland, Adult Disability Payment statistics to 31 July 2026, table T25 Caseload by LA, column "Caseload".

Scotland figure: Scotland total from the table, including 1,420 with an unmatched postcode (Other).

  • The Scotland total includes people whose postcode could not be matched to a council (Other).
People getting Adult Disability Payment per 1,000 residents aged 16 to 64

ADP caseload divided by residents aged 16 to 64, multiplied by 1,000. A comparison rate between areas, not the share of residents aged 16 to 64 who get ADP: the caseload also includes people aged 65 and over (ADP table 19).

Period: 31 July 2026 caseload, mid-2025 population.

Compared with: Residents aged 16 to 64, mid-2025 (National Records of Scotland, via Nomis).

Source: Social Security Scotland, Adult Disability Payment statistics to 31 July 2026, table T25 Caseload by LA, column "Caseload".

Scotland figure: Scotland total divided by the Scotland population in the same age band.

New Adult Disability Payment applications authorised, as a percentage of applications processed

Authorised applications divided by applications processed, from the rounded counts in table 8, to one decimal place. New applicants only, not people transferred from DWP.

Period: Applications processed 21 March 2022 to 31 July 2026.

Compared with: Applications processed: authorised plus denied plus withdrawn (Social Security Scotland note 7). Unlike the DWP PIP rate, withdrawn applications are in the denominator.

Source: Social Security Scotland, Adult Disability Payment statistics to 31 July 2026, table T8 Applications by LA, column "Authorised applications / Total applications processed".

Scotland figure: Scotland total row: 191,225 authorised of 443,820 processed. Social Security Scotland reports 43%.

  • Not comparable with the DWP PIP award rate, which leaves out withdrawn claims and claims turned down before an assessment.

Scotland: Pension Age Disability Payment

People getting Pension Age Disability Payment

Social Security Scotland caseload at 31 July 2026. Rounded for disclosure control.

Period: 31 July 2026.

Source: Social Security Scotland, Pension Age Disability Payment and Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance statistics to 31 July 2026, table T18 Caseload by LA, column "Total Caseload".

Scotland figure: Scotland total from the table, including 270 with an unmatched postcode (Other).

  • The Scotland total includes people whose postcode could not be matched to a council (Other).
People getting Pension Age Disability Payment per 1,000 residents aged 66 and over

PADP caseload divided by residents aged 66 and over, multiplied by 1,000.

Period: 31 July 2026 caseload, mid-2025 population.

Compared with: Residents aged 66 and over, mid-2025 (National Records of Scotland, via Nomis).

Source: Social Security Scotland, Pension Age Disability Payment and Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance statistics to 31 July 2026, table T18 Caseload by LA, column "Total Caseload".

Scotland figure: Scotland total divided by the Scotland population in the same age band.

Scotland: Child Disability Payment

Children getting Child Disability Payment

Children in receipt of, or approved for, Child Disability Payment at 30 June 2026, each child counted once. Rounded for disclosure control.

Period: 30 June 2026.

Source: Social Security Scotland, Child Disability Payment: statistics to 30 June 2026, table T24 Caseload by LA, column "Total number of children in receipt as of June 2026".

Scotland figure: Scotland total from the table, including 390 with an unmatched postcode (Other).

  • The Scotland total includes children whose postcode could not be matched to a council (Other).
Children getting Child Disability Payment per 1,000 children aged 0 to 15

CDP caseload divided by children aged 0 to 15, multiplied by 1,000. A comparison rate between areas: the caseload also includes some young people aged 16 and over (CDP table 18).

Period: 30 June 2026 caseload, mid-2025 population.

Compared with: Children aged 0 to 15, mid-2025 (National Records of Scotland, via Nomis).

Source: Social Security Scotland, Child Disability Payment: statistics to 30 June 2026, table T24 Caseload by LA, column "Total number of children in receipt as of June 2026".

Scotland figure: Scotland total divided by the Scotland population in the same age band.

Scotland: Carer Support Payment

People entitled to Carer Support Payment

Social Security Scotland caseload at 30 June 2026. It includes people with an underlying entitlement who are not being paid: 33,110 of the 136,610 people in Scotland (table 9).

Period: 30 June 2026.

Source: Social Security Scotland, Carer Support Payment statistics and Carer's Allowance Supplement statistics to 30 June 2026, Table 10 Caseload by LA, column "Total Caseload".

Scotland figure: Scotland total from the table. Of these, 103,500 were paid and 33,110 had an underlying entitlement only (table 9).

  • Not everyone counted here receives a payment.
People entitled to Carer Support Payment per 1,000 residents aged 16 and over

People entitled to CSP divided by residents aged 16 and over, multiplied by 1,000.

Period: 30 June 2026 caseload, mid-2025 population.

Compared with: Residents aged 16 and over, mid-2025 (National Records of Scotland, via Nomis).

Source: Social Security Scotland, Carer Support Payment statistics and Carer's Allowance Supplement statistics to 30 June 2026, Table 10 Caseload by LA, column "Total Caseload".

Scotland figure: Scotland total divided by the Scotland population in the same age band.

Northern Ireland: PIP

PIP claims in payment

DfC count of PIP claims in payment at 31 May 2026, new claims plus claims from DLA reassessment, by Local Government District of the claimant's postcode.

Period: 31 May 2026.

Source: Department for Communities (Northern Ireland), Personal Independence Payment Statistics, May 2026 (Northern Ireland), Table_9, column "Total Claims".

Northern Ireland figure: Northern Ireland total from the table, including 490 claims not matched to a district.

  • The Northern Ireland total includes claims that could not be matched to a district (Not Listed).
PIP claims in payment per 1,000 residents aged 16 to 64

PIP claims in payment divided by residents aged 16 to 64, multiplied by 1,000. A comparison rate between areas: claims in payment also include people aged 66 and over (DfC PIP table 7).

Period: 31 May 2026 claims, mid-2025 population.

Compared with: Residents aged 16 to 64, mid-2025 (NISRA).

Source: Department for Communities (Northern Ireland), Personal Independence Payment Statistics, May 2026 (Northern Ireland), Table_9, column "Total Claims".

Northern Ireland: Attendance Allowance

People claiming Attendance Allowance

DfC count of Attendance Allowance claimants on the benefit system in May 2026, rounded to the nearest 10. Claimants include a small number not being paid at that date.

Period: May 2026.

Source: Department for Communities (Northern Ireland), Attendance Allowance Summary Statistics, May 2026 (Northern Ireland), Table 9, column "Claimants".

Northern Ireland figure: Northern Ireland total from the table, including 30 not matched to a district.

People claiming Attendance Allowance per 1,000 residents aged 66 and over

AA claimants divided by residents aged 66 and over, multiplied by 1,000. DfC's own table gives a percentage of the eligible population using an earlier population estimate; the JSON download keeps that figure alongside, in the field official_pct_of_eligible_population.

Period: May 2026 claimants, mid-2025 population.

Compared with: Residents aged 66 and over, mid-2025 (NISRA single year of age).

Source: Department for Communities (Northern Ireland), Attendance Allowance Summary Statistics, May 2026 (Northern Ireland), Table 9, column "Claimants".

Northern Ireland: Carer's Allowance

People entitled to Carer's Allowance (claimants, paid or not)

DfC count of Carer's Allowance claimants in May 2026, rounded to the nearest 10. It includes people entitled but not paid because they get another benefit that equals or exceeds it (credits only): 29,740 of the 75,270 in Northern Ireland (table 1).

Period: May 2026.

Source: Department for Communities (Northern Ireland), Carer's Allowance Summary Statistics, May 2026 (Northern Ireland), Table 12, column "Claimants".

Northern Ireland figure: Northern Ireland total from the table, including 60 not matched to a district.

  • Not everyone counted here receives a payment.
People entitled to Carer's Allowance per 1,000 residents aged 16 and over

Carer's Allowance claimants divided by residents aged 16 and over, multiplied by 1,000.

Period: May 2026 claimants, mid-2025 population.

Compared with: Residents aged 16 and over, mid-2025 (NISRA).

Source: Department for Communities (Northern Ireland), Carer's Allowance Summary Statistics, May 2026 (Northern Ireland), Table 12, column "Claimants".

Northern Ireland: Disability Living Allowance for children

Children under 16 claiming Disability Living Allowance

DfC count of DLA claimants aged under 16 in May 2026, rounded to the nearest 10.

Period: May 2026.

Source: Department for Communities (Northern Ireland), Disability Living Allowance Summary Statistics, May 2026 (Northern Ireland), Table 14, column "Claimants".

Northern Ireland figure: Northern Ireland total from the table, including 20 not matched to a district.

Children under 16 claiming DLA per 1,000 children aged 0 to 15

DLA claimants under 16 divided by children aged 0 to 15, multiplied by 1,000.

Period: May 2026 claimants, mid-2025 population.

Compared with: Children aged 0 to 15, mid-2025 (NISRA).

Source: Department for Communities (Northern Ireland), Disability Living Allowance Summary Statistics, May 2026 (Northern Ireland), Table 14, column "Claimants".

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Frequently asked questions

How many people get PIP in my council area?

In Northern Ireland, this page shows PIP claims in payment for each of the 11 districts. For councils in England and Wales, DWP publishes the number of people getting PIP only in Stat-Xplore, its online table tool, so it is not on this page. What you can see here is how PIP claims in your council have been decided: the share of initial decisions that awarded PIP, the share of mandatory reconsiderations that changed the award and the share of appeals won at a tribunal hearing, counted over all decisions since April 2013. In Scotland, Adult Disability Payment has replaced PIP.

What does the Universal Credit health figure mean?

It is DWP's count of people on Universal Credit whose health condition or disability limits their ability to work. It includes people who have sent in medical evidence and are waiting for a Work Capability Assessment and people found at their latest assessment to have limited capability for work or for work and work-related activity. The page also shows it as a share of everyone on Universal Credit in the area and per 1,000 residents aged 16 to 64.

Why does Scotland show Adult Disability Payment instead of PIP?

Adult Disability Payment has replaced PIP in Scotland. It is paid by Social Security Scotland, and DWP stopped publishing PIP outcome tables for Scotland from December 2023. So for Scottish councils the page shows Adult Disability Payment, Pension Age Disability Payment, Child Disability Payment and Carer Support Payment, alongside the DWP Universal Credit health figures, which cover Scotland too.

How often is this page updated?

We update it after new official releases. DWP publishes Universal Credit health and PIP statistics every three months, and its next release is on 15 December 2026. Social Security Scotland and the Department for Communities publish on their own timetables, so every figure shows its own date.

Can I reuse this data?

Yes. The figures come from official statistics published under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and you can reuse our CSV and JSON files under the same licence. Please credit the original publishers and link to this page.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from these official releases. Page last updated 24 September 2026.

Next update: after DWP's next Universal Credit health and PIP releases on 15 December 2026. Figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland are refreshed when their next releases come out.

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