Official Statistics

Personal Independence Payment statistics release strategy

How the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) manages the release of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) statistics.

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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This document explains how DWP manages the release of PIP statistics. It provides details on the areas covered, data sources and a timetable of publication.

Published 1 April 2013
Last updated 19 December 2023 + show all updates
  1. Published a revised release strategy — new entries have been added to the table containing an overview of changes to the published statistics and new information added to the section on related statistics. The latest release of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) statistics has been published today, 19 December 2023.

  2. Published a revised release strategy — updated to support the latest release of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) statistics (also published today, 19 September 2023). New entries have been added to the table containing an overview of changes to the published statistics.

  3. Revised release strategy - updated to support the latest release of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) statistics (also published today, 15 December 2020). New entries have been added to the table containing an overview of changes to the published statistics.

  4. Revised release strategy now includes information about what will be included in the next release of Personal Independence Payment statistics (to be published on 11 June 2020).

  5. Published revised release strategy. Changes include expanding the introduction about the purpose of PIP and the aim of releasing statistics, replacing the ‘Release strategy and timetable’ with an ‘Overview of changes’ and adding a new 'Background' section which includes data sources and a summary of statistics content.

  6. Published revised release strategy, with an updated list of metrics for the Personal Independence Payment statistics. The revised version is dated September 2017.

  7. Published revised release strategy, new version is dated December 2016.

  8. Published revised release strategy, new version is dated September 2016.

  9. Published revised strategy PDF giving information on what's currently published and future publications.

  10. Published revised strategy PDF giving information on what's currently published and future publications.

  11. Updated future release date in PDF document.

  12. Updated PDF added with information on future releases.

  13. Published updated version of the PIP statistics release strategy announcing that PIP statistics on reconsideration registration and clearance volumes, and clearance volumes by sub-type for the first time. Also included dates of the next PIP statistics releases, updated coverage of PIP statistics and future releases.

  14. Published updated version of the Personal Independence Payment statistics release strategy announcing that PIP statistics released on 18 March 2015 contain average clearance times and outstanding times for the first time. Also included dates of the next PIP statistics releases.

  15. Updated with references to the ad hoc statistics published on 28 January 2015 supporting the discussion and sharing of data at the Work and Pensions Select Committee.

  16. Announced the next PIP statistics publication date, that the next release will include more detailed statistics on medical conditions and the intention to publish PIP claim clearance time statistics from March 2015.

  17. Updated to include the date for the release of the first set of PIP official statistics and confirm the range of statistics that we will publish.

  18. PDF updated with latest information on the release strategy in relation to the release of ad-hoc statistics on 11 February 2014

  19. Document updated with more information about the proposed timetable.

  20. First published.