Disability benefit claims linked to ADHD and autism have soared among teenagers across England in just six years, a Daily Mail analysis reveals.
Our exclusive maps show how the proportion of 16 and 17-year-olds receiving personal independence payments (PIP) for the conditions has risen dramatically across the country since 2019.
But some of the sharpest increases have occurred in affluent parts of the South and South East, where claims were previously among the lowest in England.
In June 2019, large swathes of these regions had relatively few teenagers receiving the benefit.
By June 2025, the picture had been transformed, with some wealthy areas recording
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