<p>Table (a) shows the estimated number of individuals eligible for the Disability Cost of Living Payment by region of England. Table (b) shows the estimated number of individuals eligible for the Disability Cost of Living Payment for each country of the UK and the UK as a whole.</p><p> </p><p>The number of people who will receive the 2023-24 Disability Cost of Living payment after 4 July 2023 is not readily available. The proportion of disability payments that are not recorded as having entitlement, but are subsequently assessed as having been eligible on the qualifying date, is estimated to be 4%.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table (a) - Estimated number of individuals eligible for the Disability Cost of Living Payment by region of England</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cases (thousands)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>653</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>524</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>733</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern</p></td><td><p>535</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>606</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>484</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>878</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>349</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>574</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table (b) - Estimated number of individuals eligible for the Disability Cost of Living Payment by country of the UK</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cases (thousands)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>5,336</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>433</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>639</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>6,748</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Source: </strong><a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-03/0244/SocSec(AdditionalPayments)IA.pdf" target="_blank">Social Security (Additional Payments) (No. 2) Bill Impact Analysis</a>.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ul><li>These estimates are driven by historical benefit receipt and underlying forecasts of claims to disability benefits and, like all forecasts, they may differ from the final number of payments made.</li><li>Estimates of the number of payments that will be made have been generated by using the forecasted caseloads for each of the qualifying benefits at various points in time. For illustrative purposes we have used February 2023, September 2023 and February 2024. An adjustment of 4% has then been made to account for disability benefit claims which, at the point of assessment, are not recorded as having an entitlement but subsequently are assessed as having been eligible on the qualifying date – for example where a successful appeal leads to a backdated entitlement.</li></ul>