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THE DWP HAS LOOKED AT THE 18 MOST CLAIMED CONDITIONS 14:56, 31 May 2025 Proposals to tighten eligibility for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) could see hundreds of thousands of claimants
miss out. According to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), eligibility rule changes to the daily living component of PIP will lead to 370,000 existing claimants losing their
entitlement when their benefits are reviewed during the 2029/30 financial year. An impact assessment, published in March, also estimates that 430,000 future PIP claimants will not qualify
for PIP once reforms come into force, with an average loss of £4,500 each year. The DWP has now looked at the PIP claimants who did not score four points in at least one daily living
activity in 18 of the most common disabling conditions. These conditions have been selected as they make up the highest proportions of PIP caseloads. READ MORE: MACHINE GUN-ARMED GANG USED
CARS WITH SECRET COMPARTMENTS TO SMUGGLE £35M DRUGS ACROSS UK Article continues below Minister for Social Security and Disability Sir Stephen Timms shared the findings in a written response
to Liberal Democrat MP Victoria Collins, the Daily Record reports. He said: "A breakdown of the impact of the reforms on disability overall has been published as part of an Equality
Analysis of the Spring Statement package of measures. "Data on the health conditions of Universal Credit claimants being placed in the LCWRA has been published and will continue to be
taken into account in the future programme of analysis." Sir Stephen added: "Analysis of those who do not score four points in at least one daily living activity for Personal
Independence Payment (PIP) has now been undertaken. "This shows the volume of claimants with the 18 most common disabling conditions in receipt of the PIP daily living component in
January 2025, as well as the volume and proportion of these claimants who were awarded less than four points in all 10 daily living activities." DWP ANALYSIS OF CURRENT DAILY LIVING
AWARDS The health condition category is based on primary health condition as recorded on the PIP computer system at time of latest assessment. Many people have multiple health conditions but
only primary condition is available for analysis. The list below shows PIP health conditions, the number of comments in receipt of PIP daily living component and the number of claimants
awarded less than four points in all daily living activities at the end of January 2025. * BACK PAIN - 194,000 claimants, 154,000 (79%) scored less than 4 points * ARTHRITIS - 279,000
claimants, 13,000 (6%) scored less than 4 points * OTHER REGIONAL MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES - 136,000 claimants, 97,000 (71%) scored less than 4 points * CHRONIC PAIN SYNDROMES - 173,00
claimants, 97,000 (71%) scored less than 4 points * CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES - 61,000 claimants, 38,000 (62%) scored less than 4 points * RESPIRATORY DISEASES - 83,000 claimants, 45,000 (55%)
scored less than 4 points * MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND NEUROPATHIC DISEASES - 80,000 claimants, 38,000 (48%) scored less than 4 points * ALL OTHER CONDITIONS - 272,000 claimants, 126,000 (46%)
scored less than 4 points * OTHER NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES - 97,000 claimants,35,000 (36%) scored less than 4 points * CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES - 56,000 claimants, 19,000 (34%) scored less than
4 points * CANCER - 70,000 claimants, 23,000 (33%) scored less than 4 points * EPILEPSY - 36,000 claimants, 11,000 (30%) scored less than 4 points * OTHER PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS - 90,000
claimants, 25,000 (28%) scored less than 4 points * CEREBRAL PALSY AND NEUROLOGICAL MUSCULAR DISEASES - 47,000 claimants, 11,000 (24%) scored less than 4 points * PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS -
112,000 claimants, 26,000 (23%) scored less than 4 points * ADHD / ADD - 75,000 claimants, 14,000 (19%) scored less than 4 points * AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDERS - 206,000 claimants, 13,000
(6%) scored less than 4 points * LEARNING DISABILITIES - 188,000claimants, 7,000 (3%) scored less than 4 points Other disabling condition groups which cover smaller proportions of the PIP
caseload are covered in the ‘Other Conditions’ category. THIS INCLUDES: * Visual Diseases * Other General Musculoskeletal Diseases * Endocrine Diseases * Hearing Disorders * Gastrointestinal
Diseases * Genitourinary Diseases * Skin Diseases * Autoimmune Diseases (Connective Tissue Disorders) * Infectious Diseases * Diseases of the Liver, Gallbladder or Biliary Tract *
Haematological Diseases * Metabolic Diseases * Multisystem and Extremes of Age * Diseases of the Immune System Article continues below ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION * Anxiety disorders - Other /
type not known * Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) * Stress reaction disorders - Other / type not known * Generalised anxiety disorder * Phobia - Specific * Phobia - Social * Agoraphobia
* Panic disorder * Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) * Anxiety and depressive disorders - mixed * Conversion disorder (hysteria) * Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) * Dissociative disorders
- Other / type not known * Somatoform disorders - Other / type not known * Depressive disorder * Bipolar affective disorder (Hypomania / Mania) * Mood disorders - Other / type not known