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ALT DWP FOI dated 5 Oct 2026 (FOI2026/93104) revealed that a total of 575,310 claimants qualified under the Substantial Risk (SR) route by August (UC claimants) & March (ESA claimants) this year (2026) in England & Wales Of those, 215,930 (38%) were also in receipt of the Daily Living PIP award by the end of March 2026 (DWP FOI Ref: FO12026/102820) This leaves 359,380 (62%) SR without Daily Living PIP Of those SR who attempted to qualify for Daily Living PIP (312,240: 54%), 96,310 failed to qualify which equates to a failure rate of 30.8% (DWP FOI Ref FOI2026/931 04)
ALT https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/timms-review-of-pip-terms-of-reference/timms-review-of-personal-independence-payment-terms-of-reference GOV.UK Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment: Terms of Reference Published 30 Oct 2025 We have also outlined future plans to remove the Work Capability Assessment (WCA). Following that, the PIP assessment will become the single gateway for health-related and disability benefits, placing additional importance on this element of the system.
ALT https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/22 Universal Credit Act 2025 4 PROTECTED LCWRA **AMOUNT** for tax years 2026-27 to 2029-30 (1) Where it is necessary in order to achieve the result in subsection (2) for any of the tax years 2026-27 to 2029-30... (2) The result to be achieved for a tax year ("the current tax year") is that for each combination of the protected LCWRA amount & an amount of the standard allowance, the sum of those amounts for the current tax year is at least (in each case) the amount given by increasing- (a) the sum of those amounts for the previous tax year, by (b) the relevant CPI percentage for the current tax year. (3) In this section- (a) "THE PROTECTED LCWRA AMOUNT" means the amount of the LCWRA element that applies to a pre-2026 claimant, a severe conditions criteria claimant or a claimant who is terminally ill (within the meanings of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013)
ALT https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/376 The Universal Credit Regulations 2013 Meaning of "pre-2026 claimant" 27A.(1) For the purposes of regulation 27, a claimant with limited capability for work and work-related activity is a "pre-2026 claimant" if the claimant- (a) was entitled at any time before 6 April 2026 to an award of universal credit that included the LCWRA element, and (b) has been entitled to an award of universal credit that included the LCWRA element continuously from that time.
