Young people make up largest proportion of recent Pip claimants for anxiety

The Government is due to publish a report later this autumn on reforming the disability benefits system (Alamy/PA) -

Teenagers and young adults make up nearly one in three people who have recently started claiming disability benefit for anxiety disorders, research has shown.

There were 24,681 claimants of personal independence payment – known as Pip – in England and Wales at the end of July this year with a primary condition of anxiety disorder who had received the benefit for up to two years.