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1301314

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2021
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Terminal Illnesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications his Department has received for an extension of personal independence payments under the special rules for terminal illness after the expiration of the three-year award since 2019; and how long the waiting times were for applications to be processed in those such instances.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	166354
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2021 answer text <p>4,270 Personal Independence Payment claimants under an existing Special Rules for Terminal Illness (SRTI) award registered Advance claims under SRTI at the end of their 3 year fixed term award between January 2019 – October 2020 (latest available data).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The median end to end clearance times were 7 working days for Advance claims cleared under special rules.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p><strong>Source: </strong>PIP ADS</p><p> </p><ul><li>SRTI awards are identified based on the initial decision at New Claim or Reassessment from DLA. This data excludes instances where end dates or award types have been updated following this initial decision.</li><li>PIP data includes both new claims and reassessment claims from Disability Living Allowance.</li><li>This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</li></ul><ul><li>Please note that claimants who register under SRTI but are deemed not to be eligible under the SRTI criteria are sent a PIP2 form and continue their claim under the Normal Rules claim journey. This means that claimants who register a PIP claim can change to Normal Rules during the customer journey:</li></ul><ul><li>The 'Registration to DWP decision (end to end)' clearance time is measured as the average time between the date of registration of the claim (or for Special Rules, the date of transition if the claim moves from being a normal rules claim to being a special rules claim during the claimant journey) and the date of the DWP decision to either award or disallow the claim.</li><li>Clearance Time measures do not include claims that were withdrawn by the claimant or claims that were disallowed by DWP prior to referral to the Assessment Providers (e.g. for failure to meet basic eligibility criteria).</li><li>Advance claims are defined as a New Claim or Reassessment from DLA registration made by a claimant with an existing award either less than 6 months prior to the end date or up to 6 months after the end date of an existing award.</li></ul> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/03/2021 17:31:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1240209

	registered interest
	date	05/10/2020
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	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 24 September 2020 to Question 90092 on Personal Independence Payment, what were the recorded reasons for those 1,860 claimants' claims being disallowed at initial decision under normal rules.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	98908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is claimed by people with a range of health conditions and disabilities, many of which are degenerative or life limiting and the Department treats the death of any claimant sympathetically. New Claims made under Special Rules for Terminal Illness (SRTI) are fast tracked and were being cleared in 4 working days on average in April 2020. This is compared to an average of 16 weeks for New Claims cleared under Normal Rules in April 2020, down by 62% from their peak of 42 weeks in July 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The cause of death of claimants to PIP is not collated centrally by the Department. There is no evidence in this data to suggest someone’s reason for claiming PIP was the cause of their death and it would be misleading to suggest otherwise. People claim PIP for various reasons, the majority of which are non-life threatening.</p><p> </p><p>There were 1,860 claimants who were disallowed at initial decision under Normal Rules who had registered a claim between April 2018 – October 2019 and died within 6 months of that registration. Table 1 below shows a breakdown of the disallowances broken by the disallowance type. Please note that the Department holds no further data on the reasons claimants are disallowed PIP.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Breakdown of disallowance reasons for claimants cleared under Normal Rules who died within 6 months of registering a PIP claim</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Outcome of PIP Claim</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of claimants cleared under Normal Rules</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disallowed pre-referral to the Assessment Provider</p></td><td><p>330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disallowed pre-referral to the Assessment Provider - due to non-return of Part 2 within the time limit</p></td><td><p>1,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disallowed post-referral to the Assessment Provider - Failed Assessment</p></td><td><p>280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disallowed post-referral to the Assessment Provider – Failed to Attend Assessment</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total disallowances</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,860</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Source: </strong>PIP ADS</p><p> </p><ul><li>PIP data includes normal rules claimants only, and is for both new claims and Disability Living Allowance reassessment claims.</li></ul><ul><li>The outcome is the first DWP decision recorded on the PIP Computer system (PIPCS). This does not take into account any mandatory reconsideration or Appeal action so some of these claimants may have subsequently been awarded PIP. Some cases do not have a decision recorded.</li><li>If a claimant dies before a decision is made on an outstanding claim, the Department establishes whether the claimant’s representative or next of kin wishes to proceed with the claim. If not, the claim is withdrawn.</li><li>The latest PIP Official Statistics, including data to 31<sup>st</sup> July 2020, were published on 15<sup>th</sup> September 2020. We have provided figures here as at 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020 for consistency with the original answer to PQ 90092 and PQ 81701.</li><li>This is unpublished data from the PIPCS’s management information. It should be used with caution and may be subject to future revision.</li><li>Data has been rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li>Components may not sum to the total due to rounding.</li><li>Figures cover PIP claims registered from April 2018 – October 2019, initial decisions made from April 2018 – April 2020, and deaths from April 2018 up to 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020 as recorded at 2<sup>nd</sup> October 2020. Data may be subject to retrospection.</li><li>GB Only.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Under the Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 2012 and s125 of Social Security Administration Act 1992 date of death is provided to the Department for all registered deaths. Additionally, next of kin also provide information on the date of death of an individual and this information is used appropriately in the administration of Departmental benefits.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/10/2020 14:33:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1240210

	registered interest
	date	05/10/2020
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Terminal Illnesses
	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 24 September 2020 to Question 90092 on Personal Independence Payment, how many of the 2,140 claimants who had their claim disallowed at initial decision applied under the Special Rules for Terminal Illness; and what the recorded reasons were for those claims being so disallowed.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	98909
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is claimed by people with a range of health conditions and disabilities, many of which are degenerative or life limiting and the Department treats the death of any claimant sympathetically. New Claims made under Special Rules for Terminal Illness (SRTI) are fast tracked and were being cleared in 4 working days on average in April 2020. This is compared to an average of 16 weeks for New Claims cleared under Normal Rules in April 2020, down by 62% from their peak of 42 weeks in July 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The cause of death of claimants to PIP is not collated centrally by the Department. There is no evidence in this data to suggest someone’s reason for claiming PIP was the cause of their death and it would be misleading to suggest otherwise. People claim PIP for various reasons, the majority of which are non-life threatening.</p><p> </p><p>There were 2,140 claimants who were disallowed at initial decision under Normal Rules or Special Rules who had registered a claim between April 2018 – October 2019 and died within 6 months of that registration. Of these, 280 originally applied under Special Rules and Table 1 shows a breakdown of these disallowances broken by the disallowance type. Please note that the Department holds no further data on the reasons claimants are disallowed PIP.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Breakdown of disallowance reasons for claimants who originally registered under Special Rules, were disallowed and died within 6 months of registering a PIP claim</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Outcome of PIP Claim</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>N</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disallowed pre-referral to the Assessment Provider</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disallowed pre-referral to the Assessment Provider - due to non-return of Part 2 within the time limit</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disallowed post-referral to the Assessment Provider - Failed Assessment</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disallowed post-referral to the Assessment Provider – Failed to Attend Assessment</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>280</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Source: </strong>PIP ADS</p><p> </p><ul><li>PIP data includes normal rules and special rules for the terminally ill claimants, and is for both new claims and Disability Living Allowance reassessment claims.</li></ul><ul><li>The outcome is the first DWP decision recorded on the PIP Computer system (PIPCS). This does not take into account any mandatory reconsideration or Appeal action so some of these claimants may have subsequently been awarded PIP. Some cases do not have a decision recorded.</li><li>The latest PIP Official Statistics, including data to 31<sup>st</sup> July 2020, were published on 15<sup>th</sup> September 2020. We have provided figures here as at 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020 for consistency with the original answer to PQ 90092 and PQ 81701.</li><li>If a claimant dies before a decision is made on an outstanding claim, the Department establishes whether the claimant’s representative or next of kin wishes to proceed with the claim. If not, the claim is withdrawn.</li><li>This is unpublished data from the PIPCS’s management information. It should be used with caution and may be subject to future revision.</li><li>Data has been rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li>Fields with fewer than 5 cases are replaced by a “-“.</li><li>Components may not sum to the total due to rounding.</li><li>Figures cover PIP claims registered from April 2018 – October 2019, initial decisions made from April 2018 – April 2020, and deaths from April 2018 up to 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020 as recorded at 2<sup>nd</sup> October 2020. Data may be subject to retrospection.</li><li>GB Only.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Under the Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 2012 and s125 of Social Security Administration Act 1992 date of death is provided to the Department for all registered deaths. Additionally, next of kin also provide information on the date of death of an individual and this information is used appropriately in the administration of Departmental benefits.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/10/2020 14:47:06 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1240211

	registered interest
	date	05/10/2020
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Terminal Illnesses
	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 25 September 2020 to Question 90093 on Personal Independence Payment, after how many days on average after making a claim for personal independence payment under Special Rules for Terminal Illness did the 1,740 claimants die who applied under those rules for personal independence payment but prior to her Department making a decision on their claim.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	98910
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is claimed by people with a range of health conditions and disabilities, many of which are degenerative or life limiting and the Department treats the death of any claimant sympathetically.</p><p> </p><p>Claims made under Special Rules for Terminal Illness (SRTI) are fast tracked. New claims to PIP under SRTI were being cleared in 4 working days on average (median) in April 2020 and reassessments from Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to PIP under SRTI were being cleared in 6 working days on average (median) in April 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The cause of death of claimants to PIP is not collated centrally by the Department. There is no evidence in this data to suggest someone’s reason for claiming PIP was the cause of their death and it would be misleading to suggest otherwise. People claim PIP for various reasons, the majority of which are non-life threatening.</p><p> </p><p>For the 1,740 claimants who died after registering a PIP claim under Special Rules <strong>but </strong>prior to a decision being made on their case between 1<sup>st</sup> April 2018 and 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020, the average (median) number of working days between registering a claim and death was 5 working days.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Sources: PIP ADS, Customer Information System</strong></p><ul><li>These figures include new claims and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to PIP reassessment claims.</li><li>If a claimant dies before a decision is made on an outstanding claim, the Department establishes whether the claimant’s representative or next of kin wishes to proceed with the claim. If not, the claim is withdrawn.</li><li>This is unpublished data from the PIP computer system’s (PIP CS) management information. It should be used with caution and may be subject to future revision.</li><li>Figures include registrations made from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2018 – 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020 and clearances made up to 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020 (as recorded on the system at 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020) and claimant deaths from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2018 – 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020 (as recorded on the system at 2<sup>nd</sup> October 2020) and may be subject to retrospection.</li><li>The latest PIP Official Statistics, including data to 31<sup>st</sup> July 2020, were published on 15<sup>th</sup> September 2020. We have provided figures here as at 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020 for consistency with the original answers to PQ 90093 and PQ 81700.</li><li>The averages provided are median working days. The median is the middle value if you were to order all the times within the distribution from lowest value to highest value. The median is presented here instead of the mean because the mean can be unduly affected by outlying cases.</li><li>Median working days are provided to allow comparison with the figure published for all PIP new claims made under SRTI.</li><li>GB only.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Under the Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 2012 and s125 of Social Security Administration Act 1992 date of death is provided to the Department for all registered deaths. Additionally, next of kin also provide information on the date of death of an individual and this information is used appropriately in the administration of Departmental benefits.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/10/2020 15:16:42 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1240214

	registered interest
	date	05/10/2020
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	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 25 September 2020 to Question 90093 on Personal Independence Payment, what the medical conditions were of the 5,520 personal independence payment claimants who applied under normal rules and who died after registering their claim but prior to her Department making a decision on their claim.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	98911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is claimed by people with a range of health conditions and disabilities, many of which are degenerative or life limiting and the Department treats the death of any claimant sympathetically.</p><p> </p><p>New claims to PIP made under Normal Rules were cleared in an average (median) of 16 weeks in April 2020 and reassessments from Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to PIP under Normal Rules were being cleared in an average (median) of 27 weeks in April 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The cause of death of claimants to PIP is not collated centrally by the Department. There is no evidence in this data to suggest someone’s reason for claiming PIP was the cause of their death and it would be misleading to suggest otherwise. People claim PIP for various reasons, the majority of which are non-life threatening.</p><p> </p><p>The number of PIP claimants who died after registering a PIP claim under Normal Rules but prior to a decision being made on their case between 1<sup>st</sup> April 2018 and 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020 has increased from 5,520 to 5,530, since Question 90093 was answered. This is due to a live system.</p><p> </p><p>The main disabling condition of the 5,530 PIP claimants who died after registering a PIP claim under Normal Rules but prior to a decision being made on their case between 1<sup>st</sup> April 2018 and 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020 is shown in Table 1 below:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Main disabling condition for PIP </strong><strong>claimants who died after registering a PIP claim under Normal Rules</strong> <strong>but </strong><strong>prior to a decision being made on their case</strong> <strong>between 1<sup>st</sup> April 2018 and 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Main Disabling Condition</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of claimants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Autoimmune disease (connective tissue disorders)</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiovascular disease</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diseases of the immune system</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diseases of the liver, gallbladder, biliary tract</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Endocrine disease</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gastrointestinal disease</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Genitourinary disease</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haematological Disease</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hearing disorders</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Infectious disease</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malignant disease</p></td><td><p>450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Metabolic disease</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Musculoskeletal disease (general)</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Musculoskeletal disease (regional)</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neurological disease</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Psychiatric disorders</p></td><td><p>270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Respiratory disease</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Skin disease</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown or missing</p></td><td><p>4,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Visual disease</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,530</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Sources: PIP ADS, Customer Information System</strong></p><ul><li>These figures include new claims and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to PIP reassessment claims.</li><li>If a claimant dies before a decision is made on an outstanding claim, the Department establishes whether the claimant’s representative or next of kin wishes to proceed with the claim. If not, the claim is withdrawn.</li><li>This is unpublished data from the PIP computer system’s (PIP CS) management information. It should be used with caution and may be subject to future revision.</li><li>Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which the decision is based but only the primary condition is recorded on the PIP CS.</li><li>The main disabling condition is only recorded for claimants who have attended a PIP assessment with an assessment provider.</li><li>Figures include registrations made from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2018 – 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020 and clearances made up to 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020 (as recorded on the system at 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020) and claimant deaths from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2018 – 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020 (as recorded on the system at 2<sup>nd</sup> October 2020) and may be subject to retrospection.</li><li>The latest PIP Official Statistics, including data to 31<sup>st</sup> July 2020, were published on 15<sup>th</sup> September 2020. We have provided figures here as at 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020 for consistency with the original answers to PQ 90093 and PQ 81700.</li><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 and ‘-’ is used for totals of greater than 0 but less than 5.</li><li>Components may not sum to totals due to rounding</li><li>GB only.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Under the Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 2012 and s125 of Social Security Administration Act 1992 date of death is provided to the Department for all registered deaths. Additionally, next of kin also provide information on the date of death of an individual and this information is used appropriately in the administration of Departmental benefits.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/10/2020 15:34:36 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1240217

	registered interest
	date	05/10/2020
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Terminal Illnesses
	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 24 September 2020 to Question 90092 on Personal Independence Payment, with reference to the 30 claimants who subsequently registered a claim under the special rules for terminal illness, what the average length of time was between those claimants receiving an award under special rules for terminal illness and initially registering that claim under normal rules.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	98912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is claimed by people with a range of health conditions and disabilities, many of which are degenerative or life limiting and the Department treats the death of any claimant sympathetically. New Claims made under Special Rules for Terminal Illness (SRTI) are fast tracked and were being cleared in 4 working days on average in April 2020. This is compared to an average of 16 weeks for New Claims cleared under Normal Rules in April 2020, down by 62% from their peak of 42 weeks in July 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The cause of death of claimants to PIP is not collated centrally by the Department. There is no evidence in this data to suggest someone’s reason for claiming PIP was the cause of their death and it would be misleading to suggest otherwise. People claim PIP for various reasons, the majority of which are non-life threatening.</p><p> </p><p>There were 30 PIP claimants who died within 6 months of registering an initial PIP claim who were disallowed under Normal Rules and who subsequently registered a PIP claim under Special Rules. Because of the small number of claims in this category we are unable to provide an average for the length of time between registration of the initial claim and the clearance of the subsequent claim. Calculating averages for small populations has a risk of misrepresentative results skewed by non-typical values. This is in line with our practice for PIP statistical publications, where averages for populations of less than 50 are suppressed.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Source: </strong>PIP ADS</p><p> </p><ul><li>PIP data includes both new claims and reassessment claims from Disability Living Allowance.</li></ul><ul><li>The outcome is the first DWP decision recorded on the PIP Computer system (PIPCS) for a given claim. This does not take into account any mandatory reconsideration or Appeal action so some of these claimants may have subsequently been awarded PIP. Some cases do not have a decision recorded.</li><li>If a claimant dies before a decision is made on an outstanding claim, the Department establishes whether the claimant’s representative or next of kin wishes to proceed with the claim. If not, the claim is withdrawn.</li><li>The latest PIP Official Statistics, including data to 31<sup>st</sup> July 2020, were published on 15<sup>th</sup> September 2020. We have provided figures here as at 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020 for consistency with the original answer to PQ 90092 and PQ 81701.</li><li>This is unpublished data from the PIP CS’s management information. It should be used with caution and may be subject to future revision.</li><li>Figures cover PIP claims registered from April 2018 – October 2019, initial decisions made from April 2018 – April 2020, and deaths from April 2018 up to 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020 as recorded at 2<sup>nd</sup> October 2020. Data may be subject to retrospection.</li><li>GB Only.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Under the Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 2012 and s125 of Social Security Administration Act 1992 date of death is provided to the Department for all registered deaths. Additionally, next of kin also provide information on the date of death of an individual and this information is used appropriately in the administration of Departmental benefits.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/10/2020 15:23:53 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1234614

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2020
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	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 8 September 2020 to Question 81701 on Personal Independence Payment, how many of the 18,290 people who registered to claim personal independence payment since April 2018 and who died within six months of making a claim (a) had their application rejected under Normal Rules and (b) were subsequently awarded benefits after appeal; and what primary condition those claimants had.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	90090
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is claimed by people with a range of health conditions and disabilities, many of which are degenerative or life limiting and the Department treats the death of any claimant sympathetically.</p><p> </p><p>New Claims made under Special Rules for Terminal Illness (SRTI) are fast tracked and were being cleared in 4 working days on average in April 2020. This is compared to an average of 16 weeks for New Claims cleared under Normal Rules in April 2020, down by 62% from their peak of 42 weeks in July 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The cause of death of claimants to PIP is not collated centrally by the Department. There is no evidence in this data to suggest someone’s reason for claiming PIP was the cause of their death and it would be misleading to suggest otherwise.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Of the 18,290 people who registered a claim to PIP between April 2018 and October 2019 and had died within 6 months of registering a PIP claim:</p><p> </p><ul><li>There were 2,140 claimants who had their claim disallowed at initial decision under either Normal Rules or Special Rules for the Terminally Ill.</li><li>There were 1,860 claimants who had their claim disallowed at initial decision under Normal Rules.</li><li>Of these 1,860 claimants, there were 30 claimants who registered a subsequent claim for PIP under Special Rules for the Terminally Ill.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Table 1 below shows a breakdown of the 1,860 claimants who had their claim disallowed at initial decision under Normal Rules by main disabling category:</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Table 1: Breakdown by Disability Category of claimants who died within 6 months of registering a PIP claim from April 2018 – October 2019 and who had their claim disallowed under Normal Rules</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Disability Category</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of claimants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Autoimmune disease (connective tissue disorders)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiovascular disease</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diseases of the liver, gallbladder, biliary tract</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Endocrine disease</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gastrointestinal disease</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Genitourinary disease</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haematological Disease</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hearing disorders</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Infectious disease</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malignant disease</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Musculoskeletal disease (general)</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Musculoskeletal disease (regional)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neurological disease</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Psychiatric disorders</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Respiratory disease</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Skin disease</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown or missing</p></td><td><p>1,540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Visual disease</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total (ALL)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,860</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Sources: PIP ADS, Customer Information System</strong></p><p> </p><ul><li>PIP data includes normal rules and special rules for the terminally ill claimants, and is for both new claims and DLA reassessment claims.</li></ul><ul><li>Data is based on primary disabling condition as recorded on the PIP computer system. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which the decision is based but only the primary condition is shown in these statistics.</li><li>The primary disabling condition does not get recorded until a claimant has attended an assessment. This means that claimants who are disallowed without attending an assessment (e.g. for failing to attend an assessment or for disallowances pre-referral to the Assessment Provider) do not have a disability recorded and are recorded in Table 1 as “Unknown or Missing”.</li><li>The outcome is the first DWP decision recorded on the PIP Computer system. This does not take into account any mandatory reconsideration or Appeal action so some of these claimants may have subsequently been awarded PIP. Some cases do not have a decision recorded.</li><li>The latest PIP Official Statistics, including data to 31<sup>st</sup> July 2020, were published on 15<sup>th</sup> September 2020. We have provided figures here as at 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020 for consistency with the original answer to PQ 81701.</li><li>This is unpublished data from the PIP computer system’s (PIP CS) management information. It should be used with caution and may be subject to future revision.</li><li>Data has been rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li>Fields with fewer than 5 cases are replaced by a “-“.</li><li>Components may not sum to the total due to rounding.</li><li>Figures cover PIP claims registered from April 2018 – October 2019, initial decisions made from April 2018 – April 2020, and deaths from April 2018 up to 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020 as recorded at 31<sup>st</sup> August 2020. Data may be subject to retrospection.</li><li>GB Only.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Under the Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 2012 and s125 of Social Security Administration Act 1992 date of death is provided to the Department for all registered deaths. Additionally next of kin also provide information on the date of death of an individual and this information is used appropriately in the administration of Departmental benefits.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 18,290 people who registered a claim to PIP between April 2018 and October 2019 and had died within 6 months of registering a PIP claim, there were 280 claimants who had their claim disallowed following a PIP assessment under Normal Rules up to March 2020. This does not include disallowance decisions made prior to an assessment being completed.</p><p> </p><p>Appeals information for these 280 claimants show that there were 0 Appeals where the DWP decision was overturned or upheld and there were fewer than 5 appeals withdrawn/struck out or lapsed.</p><p> </p><p>Due to small numbers, figures on appeal outcomes by primary disabling condition are not shown.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li>These figures cover PIP claims registered between April 2018 and October 2019, disallowance decisions following a PIP assessment up to March 2020 and appeals to June 2020.</li><li>Data has been rounded to the nearest 10. Fields with fewer than 5 cases are replaced by a “-“.</li><li>This is unpublished data from the PIP computer system’s (PIP CS) management information. It should be used with caution and may be subject to future revision.</li><li>GB Only.</li><li>'Appeals - withdrawn/struck out' - includes where an appeal is brought to an end, or cleared, without a determination on the issue in dispute. Struck out appeal is where the proceedings have been brought to an end by the Tribunal Judge.</li><li>Definition of 'Appeals - lapsed' - where DWP changed the decision (in the customer’s favour) after an appeal was lodged but before it was heard at a tribunal hearing.</li><li>Definition of 'Appeals - overturned' - where the DWP decision is revised in favour of the customer at a tribunal hearing.</li><li>Definition of 'Appeals - upheld' - where the DWP decision is upheld at a tribunal hearing.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Under the Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 2012 and s125 of Social Security Administration Act 1992 date of death is provided to the Department for all registered deaths. Additionally next of kin also provide information on the date of death of an individual and this information is used appropriately in the administration of Departmental benefits.</p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 90091 90092 question first answered 24/09/2020 14:19:41 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson previous answer version 48694 answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1234615

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2020
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	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 on 8 September 2020 to Question 81701 on Personal Independence Payment, how many of the 18,290 people who registered a claim for personal independence payment since April 2018 and who died within six months of making a claim and who had their application rejected under Normal Rules subsequently reapplied for that benefit under the Special Rules for Terminal Illness process.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	90091
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is claimed by people with a range of health conditions and disabilities, many of which are degenerative or life limiting and the Department treats the death of any claimant sympathetically.</p><p> </p><p>New Claims made under Special Rules for Terminal Illness (SRTI) are fast tracked and were being cleared in 4 working days on average in April 2020. This is compared to an average of 16 weeks for New Claims cleared under Normal Rules in April 2020, down by 62% from their peak of 42 weeks in July 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The cause of death of claimants to PIP is not collated centrally by the Department. There is no evidence in this data to suggest someone’s reason for claiming PIP was the cause of their death and it would be misleading to suggest otherwise.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Of the 18,290 people who registered a claim to PIP between April 2018 and October 2019 and had died within 6 months of registering a PIP claim:</p><p> </p><ul><li>There were 2,140 claimants who had their claim disallowed at initial decision under either Normal Rules or Special Rules for the Terminally Ill.</li><li>There were 1,860 claimants who had their claim disallowed at initial decision under Normal Rules.</li><li>Of these 1,860 claimants, there were 30 claimants who registered a subsequent claim for PIP under Special Rules for the Terminally Ill.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Table 1 below shows a breakdown of the 1,860 claimants who had their claim disallowed at initial decision under Normal Rules by main disabling category:</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Table 1: Breakdown by Disability Category of claimants who died within 6 months of registering a PIP claim from April 2018 – October 2019 and who had their claim disallowed under Normal Rules</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Disability Category</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of claimants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Autoimmune disease (connective tissue disorders)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiovascular disease</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diseases of the liver, gallbladder, biliary tract</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Endocrine disease</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gastrointestinal disease</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Genitourinary disease</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haematological Disease</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hearing disorders</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Infectious disease</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malignant disease</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Musculoskeletal disease (general)</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Musculoskeletal disease (regional)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neurological disease</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Psychiatric disorders</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Respiratory disease</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Skin disease</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown or missing</p></td><td><p>1,540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Visual disease</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total (ALL)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,860</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Sources: PIP ADS, Customer Information System</strong></p><p> </p><ul><li>PIP data includes normal rules and special rules for the terminally ill claimants, and is for both new claims and DLA reassessment claims.</li></ul><ul><li>Data is based on primary disabling condition as recorded on the PIP computer system. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which the decision is based but only the primary condition is shown in these statistics.</li><li>The primary disabling condition does not get recorded until a claimant has attended an assessment. This means that claimants who are disallowed without attending an assessment (e.g. for failing to attend an assessment or for disallowances pre-referral to the Assessment Provider) do not have a disability recorded and are recorded in Table 1 as “Unknown or Missing”.</li><li>The outcome is the first DWP decision recorded on the PIP Computer system. This does not take into account any mandatory reconsideration or Appeal action so some of these claimants may have subsequently been awarded PIP. Some cases do not have a decision recorded.</li><li>The latest PIP Official Statistics, including data to 31<sup>st</sup> July 2020, were published on 15<sup>th</sup> September 2020. We have provided figures here as at 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020 for consistency with the original answer to PQ 81701.</li><li>This is unpublished data from the PIP computer system’s (PIP CS) management information. It should be used with caution and may be subject to future revision.</li><li>Data has been rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li>Fields with fewer than 5 cases are replaced by a “-“.</li><li>Components may not sum to the total due to rounding.</li><li>Figures cover PIP claims registered from April 2018 – October 2019, initial decisions made from April 2018 – April 2020, and deaths from April 2018 up to 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020 as recorded at 31<sup>st</sup> August 2020. Data may be subject to retrospection.</li><li>GB Only.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Under the Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 2012 and s125 of Social Security Administration Act 1992 date of death is provided to the Department for all registered deaths. Additionally next of kin also provide information on the date of death of an individual and this information is used appropriately in the administration of Departmental benefits.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 18,290 people who registered a claim to PIP between April 2018 and October 2019 and had died within 6 months of registering a PIP claim, there were 280 claimants who had their claim disallowed following a PIP assessment under Normal Rules up to March 2020. This does not include disallowance decisions made prior to an assessment being completed.</p><p> </p><p>Appeals information for these 280 claimants show that there were 0 Appeals where the DWP decision was overturned or upheld and there were fewer than 5 appeals withdrawn/struck out or lapsed.</p><p> </p><p>Due to small numbers, figures on appeal outcomes by primary disabling condition are not shown.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li>These figures cover PIP claims registered between April 2018 and October 2019, disallowance decisions following a PIP assessment up to March 2020 and appeals to June 2020.</li><li>Data has been rounded to the nearest 10. Fields with fewer than 5 cases are replaced by a “-“.</li><li>This is unpublished data from the PIP computer system’s (PIP CS) management information. It should be used with caution and may be subject to future revision.</li><li>GB Only.</li><li>'Appeals - withdrawn/struck out' - includes where an appeal is brought to an end, or cleared, without a determination on the issue in dispute. Struck out appeal is where the proceedings have been brought to an end by the Tribunal Judge.</li><li>Definition of 'Appeals - lapsed' - where DWP changed the decision (in the customer’s favour) after an appeal was lodged but before it was heard at a tribunal hearing.</li><li>Definition of 'Appeals - overturned' - where the DWP decision is revised in favour of the customer at a tribunal hearing.</li><li>Definition of 'Appeals - upheld' - where the DWP decision is upheld at a tribunal hearing.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Under the Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 2012 and s125 of Social Security Administration Act 1992 date of death is provided to the Department for all registered deaths. Additionally next of kin also provide information on the date of death of an individual and this information is used appropriately in the administration of Departmental benefits.</p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 90090 90092 question first answered 24/09/2020 14:19:41 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson previous answer version 48695 answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1234616

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2020
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	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 on 8 September 2020 to Question 81701 on Personal Independence Payment, how many of the 18,290 people who registered to claim for personal independence payment since April 2018 and who died within six months of making a claim had their application rejected.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	90092
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is claimed by people with a range of health conditions and disabilities, many of which are degenerative or life limiting and the Department treats the death of any claimant sympathetically.</p><p> </p><p>New Claims made under Special Rules for Terminal Illness (SRTI) are fast tracked and were being cleared in 4 working days on average in April 2020. This is compared to an average of 16 weeks for New Claims cleared under Normal Rules in April 2020, down by 62% from their peak of 42 weeks in July 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The cause of death of claimants to PIP is not collated centrally by the Department. There is no evidence in this data to suggest someone’s reason for claiming PIP was the cause of their death and it would be misleading to suggest otherwise.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Of the 18,290 people who registered a claim to PIP between April 2018 and October 2019 and had died within 6 months of registering a PIP claim:</p><p> </p><ul><li>There were 2,140 claimants who had their claim disallowed at initial decision under either Normal Rules or Special Rules for the Terminally Ill.</li><li>There were 1,860 claimants who had their claim disallowed at initial decision under Normal Rules.</li><li>Of these 1,860 claimants, there were 30 claimants who registered a subsequent claim for PIP under Special Rules for the Terminally Ill.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Table 1 below shows a breakdown of the 1,860 claimants who had their claim disallowed at initial decision under Normal Rules by main disabling category:</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Table 1: Breakdown by Disability Category of claimants who died within 6 months of registering a PIP claim from April 2018 – October 2019 and who had their claim disallowed under Normal Rules</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Disability Category</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of claimants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Autoimmune disease (connective tissue disorders)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiovascular disease</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diseases of the liver, gallbladder, biliary tract</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Endocrine disease</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gastrointestinal disease</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Genitourinary disease</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haematological Disease</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hearing disorders</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Infectious disease</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malignant disease</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Musculoskeletal disease (general)</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Musculoskeletal disease (regional)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neurological disease</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Psychiatric disorders</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Respiratory disease</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Skin disease</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown or missing</p></td><td><p>1,540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Visual disease</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total (ALL)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,860</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Sources: PIP ADS, Customer Information System</strong></p><p> </p><ul><li>PIP data includes normal rules and special rules for the terminally ill claimants, and is for both new claims and DLA reassessment claims.</li></ul><ul><li>Data is based on primary disabling condition as recorded on the PIP computer system. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which the decision is based but only the primary condition is shown in these statistics.</li><li>The primary disabling condition does not get recorded until a claimant has attended an assessment. This means that claimants who are disallowed without attending an assessment (e.g. for failing to attend an assessment or for disallowances pre-referral to the Assessment Provider) do not have a disability recorded and are recorded in Table 1 as “Unknown or Missing”.</li><li>The outcome is the first DWP decision recorded on the PIP Computer system. This does not take into account any mandatory reconsideration or Appeal action so some of these claimants may have subsequently been awarded PIP. Some cases do not have a decision recorded.</li><li>The latest PIP Official Statistics, including data to 31<sup>st</sup> July 2020, were published on 15<sup>th</sup> September 2020. We have provided figures here as at 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020 for consistency with the original answer to PQ 81701.</li><li>This is unpublished data from the PIP computer system’s (PIP CS) management information. It should be used with caution and may be subject to future revision.</li><li>Data has been rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li>Fields with fewer than 5 cases are replaced by a “-“.</li><li>Components may not sum to the total due to rounding.</li><li>Figures cover PIP claims registered from April 2018 – October 2019, initial decisions made from April 2018 – April 2020, and deaths from April 2018 up to 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020 as recorded at 31<sup>st</sup> August 2020. Data may be subject to retrospection.</li><li>GB Only.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Under the Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 2012 and s125 of Social Security Administration Act 1992 date of death is provided to the Department for all registered deaths. Additionally next of kin also provide information on the date of death of an individual and this information is used appropriately in the administration of Departmental benefits.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 18,290 people who registered a claim to PIP between April 2018 and October 2019 and had died within 6 months of registering a PIP claim, there were 280 claimants who had their claim disallowed following a PIP assessment under Normal Rules up to March 2020. This does not include disallowance decisions made prior to an assessment being completed.</p><p> </p><p>Appeals information for these 280 claimants show that there were 0 Appeals where the DWP decision was overturned or upheld and there were fewer than 5 appeals withdrawn/struck out or lapsed.</p><p> </p><p>Due to small numbers, figures on appeal outcomes by primary disabling condition are not shown.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li>These figures cover PIP claims registered between April 2018 and October 2019, disallowance decisions following a PIP assessment up to March 2020 and appeals to June 2020.</li><li>Data has been rounded to the nearest 10. Fields with fewer than 5 cases are replaced by a “-“.</li><li>This is unpublished data from the PIP computer system’s (PIP CS) management information. It should be used with caution and may be subject to future revision.</li><li>GB Only.</li><li>'Appeals - withdrawn/struck out' - includes where an appeal is brought to an end, or cleared, without a determination on the issue in dispute. Struck out appeal is where the proceedings have been brought to an end by the Tribunal Judge.</li><li>Definition of 'Appeals - lapsed' - where DWP changed the decision (in the customer’s favour) after an appeal was lodged but before it was heard at a tribunal hearing.</li><li>Definition of 'Appeals - overturned' - where the DWP decision is revised in favour of the customer at a tribunal hearing.</li><li>Definition of 'Appeals - upheld' - where the DWP decision is upheld at a tribunal hearing.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Under the Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 2012 and s125 of Social Security Administration Act 1992 date of death is provided to the Department for all registered deaths. Additionally next of kin also provide information on the date of death of an individual and this information is used appropriately in the administration of Departmental benefits.</p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 90090 90091 question first answered 24/09/2020 14:19:41 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson previous answer version 48696 answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1234617

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2020
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	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 on 8 September 2020 to Question 81700 on Personal Independence Payment, how many of the 7,260 claimants who died after registering a personal independence payment claim since April 2018 but prior to her Department making a decision on their claim applied under (a) Normal Rules and (b) Special Rules.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	90093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2020 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is claimed by people with a range of health conditions and disabilities, many of which are degenerative or life limiting and the Department treats the death of any claimant sympathetically.</p><p> </p><p>New Claims made under Special Rules for Terminal Illness (SRTI) are fast tracked and were being cleared in 4 working days on average in April 2020. This is compared to an average of 16 weeks for New Claims cleared under Normal Rules in April 2020, down by 62% from their peak of 42 weeks in July 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The cause of death of claimants to PIP is not collated centrally by the Department. There is no evidence in this data to suggest someone’s reason for claiming PIP was the cause of their death and it would be misleading to suggest otherwise. People claim PIP for various reasons, the majority of which are non-life threatening.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Of the 7,260 claimants who died after registering a PIP claim bu<strong>t </strong>prior to a decision being made on their case between April 2018 and 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020 5,520 applied under (a) Normal Rules and 1,740 applied under (b) Special Rules.</p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Sources: PIP ADS, Customer Information System</strong></p><ul><li>These figures include new claims and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to PIP reassessment claims.</li><li>If a claimant dies before a decision is made on an outstanding claim, the Department establishes whether the claimant’s representative or next of kin wishes to proceed with the claim. If not, the claim is withdrawn.</li><li>This is unpublished data from the PIP computer system’s (PIP CS) management information. It should be used with caution and may be subject to future revision.</li><li>Figures include registrations made from April 2018 – April 2020 and clearances made up to April 2020 (as recorded on the system at 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020) and claimant deaths from April 2018 – April 2020 (as recorded on the system at 31<sup>st</sup> August 2020) and may be subject to retrospection.</li><li>The latest PIP Official Statistics, including data to 31<sup>st</sup> July 2020, were published on 15<sup>th</sup> September 2020. We have provided figures here as at 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020 for consistency with the original answer to PQ 81700.</li><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li>GB only.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Under the Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 2012 and s125 of Social Security Administration Act 1992 date of death is provided to the Department for all registered deaths. Additionally, next of kin also provide information on the date of death of an individual and this information is used appropriately in the administration of Departmental benefits.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 25/09/2020 13:21:29 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson previous answer version 48697 answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden