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<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>
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