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<p>Information on median clearance times for PIP Mandatory Reconsiderations (MRs)
is provided in the table below.</p><p /><p><strong>Median Clearance Times, in Calendar
Days, for PIP MRs, Normal Rules, Great Britain:</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial
Year of MR Clearance</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Median Calendar Days for MR to
be Cleared</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19
<em>(April 18 – January19)</em></p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>This data on PIP MR clearance times is unpublished data. It should be used
with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</p><p> </p><p>The Department
publishes quarterly statistics on “ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments including
mandatory reconsiderations and appeals” which include figures on median MR clearance
times, available at Table 16 here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-march-2019"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-march-2019</a></p><p>
</p><p>To provide information on MR clearance times across all other DWP administered
benefits would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p /><p>There are a number of reasons
for differences in clearance times between benefits. This includes the PIP clearance
times being based on the clearance times from the point of registration to the date
the MR was cleared. This is different to the MR clearance times for ESA which are
based on the date when the Benefit Centre has decided that the MR received is a valid
MR, having considered whether they can initially change the decision in the light
of any new information to the date when the decision maker at the Dispute Resolution
Team (DRT) has cleared and logged the final decision.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information
on the median time between a PIP MR decision and an Appeal being lodged is provided
in the table below.</p><p /><p><strong>Median Times, in Calendar Days, between a PIP
MR decision and an Appeal being lodged in Great Britain:</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial
Year of Appeal lodgement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Median Calendar Days between
an MR Decision and an Appeal being lodged</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19
<em>(April – Dec18) </em></p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This
data is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to
future revision.</p><p> </p><p>To provide information on the average time between
an MR decision being made and appeal being lodged across all other DWP administered
benefits would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice
publish statistics on the average (mean) age of a case at disposal for different benefit
types. These in Tables SSCS.3 of the Main Tables, available here:</p><p> </p><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics#tribunal-statistics-quarterly"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics#tribunal-statistics-quarterly</a></p><p>
</p><p>These statistics represent the average number of weeks from receipt in Her
Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) to the final outcome within the period.
It will include cases cleared at hearing and cases cleared without a hearing which
include strike outs, superseded and withdrawals prior to a hearing. An appeal may
not necessarily be cleared at its first hearing.</p>
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