{"value":{"id":1753346,"askingMemberId":4903,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-01-07T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-01-21T00:00:00","uin":"HL3808","questionText":"To ask His Majesty's Government what data they have on the employment rate of individuals (1) before they claim Personal Independence Payment, and (2) in the 12 months after their claim is approved.","answeringBodyId":29,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Work and Pensions","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4147,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-01-16T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Of all individuals who subsequently went on to apply for Personal Independence Payment (PIP), 37% were in employment in the month their PIP case was cleared.</p><p>Of those who were awarded PIP, 23% were still in employment after 12 months.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Notes:</p><ul><li>Figures are based on the 2021-22 financial year cohort where the claims have been cleared – the latest financial year of data available for the analysis.</li><li>Data is for England and Wales only.</li><li>Data is for New Claims only.</li><li>Employment includes both employed and self-employed individuals.</li><li>The 2022-23 tax records for self-employment were not available when the analysis was conducted, therefore the 2021-22 self-employment data was used as a proxy.</li></ul>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Personal Independence Payment: Employment","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1753346","method":"GET"}]}