The DWP has admitted 21,000 people died waiting for benefits

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has revealed that over 21,000 sick and disabled people died waiting for it to give them benefits. That’s nearly 12 people a day dying; waiting for a decision over their claims.

But these shocking figures pose more questions than they answer.
The DWP: shocking revelations

DWP minister Sarah Newton published the figures in response to an MP’s question. Labour’s Madeleine Moon asked:

how many people have died while waiting for their personal independence payment assessment to be completed; and what conditions those people died from.

Newton revealed the number of deaths between April 2013 and 30 April 2018. She said:

4,760 claimants died between the DWP referring their case to, and it returning from, an assessment provider.
73,800 claimants died within 6 months of registering their claim.
17,070 claimants died after registering but prior to the DWP making a decision on their claim.

The total number of PIP claimants who died topped 95,000. But Newton’s response does not indicate at what stage of their claim the 73,800 people who died within six months of it being registered were at.

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personally i think those numbers have been over exaggerated