AQW 24750/22-27


Ms Sian Mulholland
Alliance Party
North Antrim


Tabled Date: 20/03/2025
Answered On Date: 25/04/2025
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of children living in households in receipt of (i) Personal Independence Payment; and (ii) Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity, in the last five years, broken down by constituency.


Answer:
(i) My Department does not hold this information for Personal Independence Payment as the Personal Independence Payment application does not request information on the number of children or dependents a claimant may have.
(ii) A breakdown of the number of children in households where a Universal Credit claimant has been classified as having Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity in each of the last five years by Constituency is shown in the table below.
Constituency
Feb-20
Feb-21
Feb-22
Feb-23
Feb-24
Belfast East
310
540
820
980
1,280
Belfast North
450
840
1,310
1,660
2,120
Belfast South and Mid Down
190
320
490
660
830
Belfast West
680
1,200
1,810
2,280
2,830
East Antrim
220
380
600
800
970
East Londonderry
460
690
860
1,140
1,420
Fermanagh and South Tyrone
380
600
810
960
1,220
Foyle
570
830
1,310
1,800
2,290
Lagan Valley
250
520
690
860
1,110
Mid Ulster
270
500
650
870
1,030
Newry and Armagh
390
630
890
1,140
1,460
North Antrim
320
560
830
1,090
1,300
North Down
220
380
540
670
770
South Antrim
190
440
640
840
1,020
South Down
320
570
790
960
1,170
Strangford
270
520
650
870
1,110
Upper Bann
450
720
1,110
1,430
1,740
West Tyrone
390
670
910
1,220
1,420
Unknown
30
10
30
60
70
Northern Ireland
6,340
10,920
15,730
20,280
25,150