Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of applications currently in the system for (i) Personal Independence Payment; (ii) Attendance Allowance; and (iii) Disability Living Allowance.
Minister for Communities: The table below shows the current number of ongoing disability benefit applications:
| Personal Independence Payment2 | Attendance Allowance1 | Disability Living Allowance1 |
| 13,340 | 1,291 | 996 |
Taken from data produced by DWP benefit systems and are current as at 31 August 2025.
Taken from Personal Independence Payment statistics published in August 2025 by Analytics Division and available on the Department’s website covering the period up to 31 May 2025.
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