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Disability Living Allowance: Mental Illness

Commons · Question 78539 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 20 Oct 2025

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Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish a breakdown of spending on Disability Living Allowance on children with (a) neurodevelopmental and (b) mental health disorders in each of the last 3 years for which data is available.

Answer

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 20 Oct 2025

The information is in the table: Financial Year2022/232023/242024/25Neurodevelopmental Expenditure (£ millions)1,7702,2102,660Mental Health Expenditure (£millions)5608501,230 Points to note:Figures are for England and Wales only.Figures are rounded to t...