Written questions

Personal Independence Payment: Washington and Gateshead South

Commons · Question 19898 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 8 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Sharon Hodgson

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, a) how many people in Washington and Gateshead South receive Personal Independence Payment (PIP); b) how many PIP claimants are there per ward in the constituency.

Answer

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 8 Sep 2026

Information on the number of PIP claimants by constituency and ward is available via Stat-Xplore. Select the dataset ‘PIP Cases with Entitlement from 2019’. Under the ‘Geography’ folder, expand the ‘Westminster Parliamentary Constituency’ tab to select th...