'More rigorous' test on table for DWP PIP claimants with one health condition
NewsCost Of LivingDWPThe Department for Work and Pensions, or DWP, has approved an average of 40 PIP claims a day for ADHD. 06:34, 07 Jul 2026ADHD disability benefit claims have skyrocketed under the Labour. . .
NewsCost Of LivingDWPThe Department for Work and Pensions, or DWP, has approved an average of 40 PIP claims a day for ADHD. 06:34, 07 Jul 2026ADHD disability benefit claims have skyrocketed under the Labour Party government - as more than 100,000 now receive Personal Independence Payment, or PIP. The Department for Work and Pensions, orDWP, has approved an average of 40 PIP claims a day for ADHD. Claims for the benefit have risen from 71,258 in July 2024 to 100,207 in April this year. Four in ten PIP claimants for ADHD are currently receiving the top rate of daily living and mobility allowances, worth £194 a week. Sir Stephen Timms, who is conducting a review into PIP, called the Timms Review, has issued an update on the ballooning welfare bill. "There may well be changes that can be made to enable PIP to do a better job to support people into employment or to stay in employment if they run into a health problem in the course of their working lives," Sir Stephen said. READ MORE DWP confirms three groups of PIP and DLA claimants excluded from law changeHe added: "That will certainly be one of the points we’ll be considering when we publish our recommendations, which are due in November of this year. "Lord Gove, the former Education Secretary, said at an event on Monday, organised by the Centre for Social Justice, or CSJ, that schools should be more "rigorous" when diagnosing ADHD - since it may affect their future employment. He said: "There are a growing number of children who are identified with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties. Children who are identified with anxiety and depression. In particular children who are being diagnosed with ADHD. "In many of those cases, we make excuses and allowances rather than providing support and challenge. And that is particularly acute in the case of ADHD. "Article continues belowA government spokesman said: "We inherited a broken welfare system and we are fixing it - a package of measures already coming into effect will save nearly £2 billion by the end of the decade, and the Timms review, working with disabled people and their representative organisations, is looking at how to make Pip fit and fair for the future. "The increase in the Pip caseload has slowed under this government, falling from 400,000 in the 12 months to July 2024 to 270,000 in the 12 months to April 2026. "Choose Birmingham Live as a 'Preferred Source' on Google News for quick access to the news you value. DWP