Social Security Experience Panels: disability benefit names - visual summary

About the research

This report gives the findings of the ‘Naming Disability Benefits’ research.

• The research took place in April/May 2019
• 1973 invites
• 278 survey responses
• The research explored:
  • what people liked and disliked about the current DWP disability benefit names
  • what people liked and disliked about the proposed new disability benefit names and any other suggestions
  • views on words to avoid and use when naming a benefit; and on other proposed name changes
• Participants were aged between 25 – 79 years old
• 36% Man or boy
• 64% Woman or girl
• 81% lived in an urban location
• 19% lived in an rural location
• Participants took part in all 32 local authority areas
• Most survey participants had a disability or long term health condition (87%), including:
  • chronic pain
  • severe hearing impairments
  • severe visual impairments
• other kinds of long term health condition
• More than half (57%) of survey participants were:
  • a carer due to old age,
  • a carer to a child, or
  • a carer to an adult.

This report outlines the views of people who responded to this survey. These may not be shared by all people with experience of the disability benefits.