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1568133

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will include in his Department's Annual Report for the 2022-23 financial year a performance measure on the number and proportion of appeals against decisions by his Department to refuse (a) Employment Support Allowance, (b) Universal Credit Limited Capability for Work and (c) Personal Independence Payment that (i) lapsed in advance of the hearing and (ii) were overturned by the First Tier Tribunal.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	126796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions is committed to monitoring and reporting progress against the priority outcomes agreed for the department in the Spending Review 2021 settlement.</p><p> </p><p>We will publish our Annual Report and Accounts for 2022/23 in Summer 2023, which will include performance statistics on key measures and metrics, including customer satisfaction levels, and support provided to those in receipt of disability benefits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 126797 126798 126799 question first answered 24/01/2023 12:18:14 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1568134

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to include data on (a) the number of requests for a mandatory reconsideration of decision by his Department to refuse an application for (i) Employment Support Allowance, (ii) Universal Credit Limited Capability for Work and (iii) Personal Independence Payment and (b) the proportion of those reconsiderations that resulted in a change of award as measures of performance in his Department's Annual Report for the 2022-23 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	126797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions is committed to monitoring and reporting progress against the priority outcomes agreed for the department in the Spending Review 2021 settlement.</p><p> </p><p>We will publish our Annual Report and Accounts for 2022/23 in Summer 2023, which will include performance statistics on key measures and metrics, including customer satisfaction levels, and support provided to those in receipt of disability benefits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 126796 126798 126799 question first answered 24/01/2023 12:18:14 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1564678

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2022 to Question 110773 on Social Security Benefits: Appeals, how many appeals were determined by the First Tier Tribunal; and how many determinations upheld his Department’s decision.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	117738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>Of the 175 RRT cases lodged under the appeals process quoted in PQ110773, 42 were determined by the First tier Tribunal. Of these, 19 upheld the department’s decision either partially (2) or fully (17).</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 12/01/2023 15:25:01 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1564679

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2022 to Question 110773 on Social Security Benefits: Appeals, if he will make an assessment of the causes of the rates of revision of decisions on Mandatory Reconsideration.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	117739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>The department is committed to making the right decision as early as possible in the claims process. At mandatory reconsideration, decisions are reviewed, with the existing evidence considered together with any new evidence provided by the claimant. Decisions will be changed if the evidence supports this.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 16/01/2023 16:31:22 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1551759

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2022 to Question 63290 on Social Security Benefits: Appeals, how many appeals have been lodged following a decision made under the Risk Review Process; and what proportion of those appeals have (a) lapsed and (b) been overturned by the tribunal as of 14 December 2022.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	110773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>From 21 January 2022, when we started collating figures, there have been 175 appeals lodged under the Risk Review Process.</p><p> </p><p>Of those that have reached an outcome, there are 24 (13.7%) that have lapsed and 23 (13.1%) that have been overturned by the tribunal.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/12/2022 11:33:23 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1551760

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2022 to Question 63289 on Social Security Benefits: Appeals, how many mandatory reconsiderations have been requested following a decision made under the Risk Review Process; and of those how many have (a) been completed and (b) resulted in a change of decision.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	110774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>Since 4th July 2022, when collation of mandatory reconsideration figures commenced under the Risk Review process, there have been 499 mandatory reconsiderations.</p><p> </p><p>346 of which have been completed to outcome, with 2 resulting in a change of decision, which includes 1 being partially revised and 1 being fully revised.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 19/12/2022 16:14:00 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1540024

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many presenting officers attended tribunals on behalf of her Department in each month from January 2013 to October 2022.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	80815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>Analysis of unpublished data held by the Department for Work and Pensions provides data on the number of tribunals where Presenting Officers (PO) attended. This data only covers Employment Support Allowance (ESA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) tribunals. To provide information across all other DWP administered benefits or for PIP and ESA prior to April 2016 would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>This data is unpublished. It should be used with caution, and it may be subject to future revision.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Tribunals attended by Presenting Officers, by month from April 2016 – June 2022</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Number of PO attendances </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hearing Date </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>PIP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESA</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-16</p></td><td><p>530</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-16</p></td><td><p>510</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-16</p></td><td><p>550</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-16</p></td><td><p>620</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-16</p></td><td><p>770</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-16</p></td><td><p>670</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-16</p></td><td><p>690</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-16</p></td><td><p>830</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-16</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-17</p></td><td><p>620</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-17</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-17</p></td><td><p>990</p></td><td><p>290</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-17</p></td><td><p>1,140</p></td><td><p>410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-17</p></td><td><p>1,900</p></td><td><p>1,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-17</p></td><td><p>2,100</p></td><td><p>1,820</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-17</p></td><td><p>2,060</p></td><td><p>2,160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-17</p></td><td><p>2,040</p></td><td><p>2,120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-17</p></td><td><p>2,130</p></td><td><p>1,950</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-17</p></td><td><p>2,230</p></td><td><p>2,110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-17</p></td><td><p>2,380</p></td><td><p>2,470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-17</p></td><td><p>1,610</p></td><td><p>1,650</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-18</p></td><td><p>2,440</p></td><td><p>2,440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-18</p></td><td><p>2,010</p></td><td><p>2,240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-18</p></td><td><p>1,940</p></td><td><p>1,870</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-18</p></td><td><p>1,880</p></td><td><p>1,670</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-18</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td><td><p>1,820</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-18</p></td><td><p>1,640</p></td><td><p>1,870</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-18</p></td><td><p>1,600</p></td><td><p>1,540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-18</p></td><td><p>1,290</p></td><td><p>1,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-18</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td><td><p>1,230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-18</p></td><td><p>1,180</p></td><td><p>1,230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-18</p></td><td><p>1,090</p></td><td><p>1,330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-18</p></td><td><p>680</p></td><td><p>850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-19</p></td><td><p>1,420</p></td><td><p>1,110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-19</p></td><td><p>1,360</p></td><td><p>850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-19</p></td><td><p>1,500</p></td><td><p>1,260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-19</p></td><td><p>1,360</p></td><td><p>1,160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-19</p></td><td><p>1,500</p></td><td><p>1,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-19</p></td><td><p>1,330</p></td><td><p>950</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-19</p></td><td><p>1,670</p></td><td><p>1,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-19</p></td><td><p>1,580</p></td><td><p>800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-19</p></td><td><p>1,350</p></td><td><p>770</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-19</p></td><td><p>1,540</p></td><td><p>830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-19</p></td><td><p>1,610</p></td><td><p>820</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-19</p></td><td><p>1,290</p></td><td><p>510</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-20</p></td><td><p>1,970</p></td><td><p>560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-20</p></td><td><p>1,690</p></td><td><p>500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-20</p></td><td><p>1,150</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-20</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-20</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-20</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-20</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-20</p></td><td><p>550</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-21</p></td><td><p>760</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-21</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-21</p></td><td><p>1,380</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-21</p></td><td><p>1,440</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-21</p></td><td><p>1,240</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-21</p></td><td><p>1,290</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-21</p></td><td><p>1,360</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-21</p></td><td><p>1,470</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-21</p></td><td><p>1,080</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-21</p></td><td><p>1,010</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-21</p></td><td><p>1,210</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-21</p></td><td><p>940</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-22</p></td><td><p>980</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-22</p></td><td><p>1,130</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-22</p></td><td><p>890</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-22</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-22</p></td><td><p>810</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-22</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Note: </strong></p><p>Appeals data is taken from the DWP computer system’s management information. Therefore, this appeal data may differ from that held by His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons, such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.</p><p> </p><p>We have provided data up to June 2022, in line with published statistics.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 14/11/2022 14:40:29 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1540026

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of tribunals attended by presenting officers were allowed in each month from January 2013 to October 2022.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	80816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>Analysis of unpublished data held by the Department for Work and Pensions provides data on the proportion of tribunals attended by Presenting Officers (PO) where the decision was overturned. This data only covers Employment Support Allowance (ESA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) tribunals. To provide information across all other DWP administered benefits or for PIP and ESA prior to April 2016 would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>This data is unpublished. It should be used with caution, and it may be subject to future revision.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Proportion of tribunals attended by Presenting Officers where the decision was overturned, by month from April 2016 – June 2022</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Proportion of appeals overturned where Presenting Officer attended </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hearing Date </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>PIP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESA</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-16</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-16</p></td><td><p>63%</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-16</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-16</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-16</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-16</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-16</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-16</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-16</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-17</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-17</p></td><td><p>63%</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-17</p></td><td><p>63%</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-17</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-17</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-17</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-17</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-17</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-17</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-17</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-17</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-17</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-18</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-18</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-18</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-18</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-18</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-18</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-18</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-18</p></td><td><p>74%</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-18</p></td><td><p>74%</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-18</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-18</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-18</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-19</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-19</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-19</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-19</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-19</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-19</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-19</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-19</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-19</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-19</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-19</p></td><td><p>74%</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-19</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td><td><p>74%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-20</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-20</p></td><td><p>74%</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-20</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-20</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-20</p></td><td><p>83%</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-20</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-20</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-20</p></td><td><p>63%</p></td><td><p>27%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-20</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td><td><p>53%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-20</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td><td><p>26%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-20</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-20</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-21</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-21</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-21</p></td><td><p>63%</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-21</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-21</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-21</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-21</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td><td><p>47%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-21</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-21</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-21</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-21</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td><td><p>63%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-21</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-22</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-22</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-22</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-22</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-22</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-22</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p /><p><strong>Note: </strong>Number of overturns where PO attended shown as a percentage of appeals where a decision was made, therefore excluding those not cleared or withdrawn/struck out.</p><p> </p><p>Appeals data is taken from the DWP computer system’s management information. Therefore, this appeal data may differ from that held by His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons, such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.</p><p> </p><p>We have provided data up to June 2022, in line with published statistics.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 14/11/2022 14:47:04 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

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registered interest
date	07/11/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the average waiting time for mandatory reconsideration of a benefit decision in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that mandatory reconsiderations are carried out (i) quickly and (ii) effectively.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	80729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>We endeavor to complete Mandatory Reconsiderations without delay. Recently, we added over 400 staff to the Disputes Resolution Service to help ensure that applications are dealt with in a timely manner. Our overarching focus, however, is on taking the time necessary to thoroughly review all the available evidence, to help ensure we make the right decision.</p><p> </p><p>Information on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) Work Capability Assessment (WCA) Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) clearances are available on GOV.UK:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-and-support-allowance-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-and-support-allowance-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessment</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Additional breakdowns of the figures, including by region, local authority and parliamentary constituency, are available on Stat-Xplore for PIP and ESA WCA MR clearance times:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a>.</p><p> </p><p>PIP MR clearance times for financial year 2021-22 are shown in the table below. Additional figures by region, local authority and parliamentary constituency, are available in the tables released with the PIP publication referenced above, specifically Tables 4B(ii) and 4B(iii).</p><p><strong>Table 1: Median PIP MR clearance times (calendar days), Normal Rules, from April 2021 to March 2022</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Coventry</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>West Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>April 2021 to March 2022</strong></p></td><td><p>61*</p></td><td><p>62**</p></td><td><p>62***</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Source: PIP statistics to July; table 4B_(ii)</p><p>**Source: PIP statistics to July; table 4B_(iii)</p><p>***Source: PIP ADS</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Each PIP claim can have more than one reconsideration registered against it. The above includes all MR decisions (excluding withdrawn and cancelled).</li><li>The PIP MR clearance times are based on the clearance times from the point of registration to the date the MR was cleared.</li><li>DWP offers particular support for those coming to the end of their life, known as Special Rules for End of Life (SREL). This was formerly called Special Rules for Terminal Illness (SRTI). Cases which are not processed under SREL are referred to as ‘normal rules’ claims. The status of claims as 'normal rules' or 'SREL' is shown as at the point of registration.</li><li>To provide information across all other DWP administered benefits would incur disproportionate cost.</li><li>Definition of MR: Claimants who wish to dispute a decision made on their PIP claim are required to ask the department to reconsider the decision before they can lodge an appeal with His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service. MRs can arise for various reasons, such as omitting to tell DWP about relevant evidence during the initial decision-making process; this could include not returning forms required as part of the claim.</li><li>Definition of median: The median time is the middle value if you were to order all the times within the distribution from lowest value to highest value.</li></ol> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 14/11/2022 14:28:26 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

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registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the average waiting time for mandatory reconsideration of benefit decisions.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	901930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>The average (median) waiting times for Mandatory Reconsiderations are 57 calendar days for PIP, 51 calendar days for UC, and 10 calendar days for ESA-WCA.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst we endeavour to complete Mandatory Reconsiderations without delay, our overarching focus is on taking the time necessary to thoroughly review all the available evidence to help ensure we make the right decision.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 31/10/2022 16:19:35 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis