Young people in some of England’s most affluent areas are increasingly claiming disability benefits for ADHD and autism, analysis reveals.
Claims are rising fastest in wealthy neighbourhoods – reversing a long-established pattern in which disability rates have been closely linked to deprivation.
In relatively affluent Runnymede, Surrey, and Bracknell Forest, around one in 20 young people now receive a personal independence payment (PIP), which is intended to help with the extra costs of living with a disability.
That compares with as few as one in 89 in 2019 – and is more than one-and-a-half times the rate in Blackpool, one of England’s most
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