FOI response shows impacts of proposed new ‘four-point’ PIP rule by age group and gender

ashmere

From the Rightsnet site

Further details of the impact of the proposed PIP 'four-point' rule are included in a new FOI response for the DWP that includes details of the number of claimants in receipt of the PIP daily living component split by age and gender:

Age:

• in January 2025 there were 1,307,000 male claimants, of which 507,000 (39 per cent) were awarded less than 4 points in all daily living activities, and therefore be affected by changes to the PIP rules outlined in the Pathways to Work Green Paper; and
• there were 1,507,000 female claimants, of which 818,000 (52 per cent) were awarded less than 4 points in all daily living activities.

Gender:

• the 16-19 age group, with 175,000 claimants in receipt of the daily living component in January 2025, had the lowest number and percentage of total caseload that will lose out under the PIP 'four-point' change (11,000 or 6 per cent of the total current daily living caseload);
• the 50-59 age group had the highest number of claimants in receipt of the daily living component (776,000), and 56 per cent of these (461,000) will lose entitlement under the new 'four-point' rule; and
• the 60+ group had the highest proportion of losers (58 per cent), where 328,000 of the total caseload of 569,000 would lose entitlement.

NB - the FOI also provides a breakdown of the volume of claimants in receipt of the PIP daily living component split by local authority and the proportion awarded less than 4 points in all daily living activities.

More: FOI: Numbers of claimants of PIP who have less than 4 points in any one category

See also:

• Further FOI response from the DWP on numbers that could be affected by proposed new ‘four-point’ PIP rule
• Advisers warn of ‘potentially horrendous’ and ‘catastrophic’ impact of government’s proposed change to PIP rules
• Benefits and Work: Most at risk PIP health conditions revealed

https://www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/63025

Trevor_PIP

@ashmere Good post. I have created a thread about the number of PIP Claimants that don't have 4 points by disability. It is below. I have added more information to the thread. I had not seen the information you have provided, but like mine it proves that getting claimants back to work is just a smoke screen! You can see clearly in your information the ones that may be most heavily affected by the 4 point rule are the older claimants that have worked but can't now due to disability. The ones that may be least affected by the 4 point rule are the young that may be could work but can stay on benefits... This has been picked up by other organisations! It would be a laugh if it wasn't so serious, though not surprised by who is in charge of it all...