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837233

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2018
	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: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	How many applicants for personal independence payment who appealed the initial assessment died between their initial assessment result and the date of their appeal.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
	uin	903751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally. Claims from people who are terminally ill are currently being dealt with in five working days on average and nearly all of them are successful.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/02/2018 17:36:44 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

838541

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of Personal Independence Payment appeals from people resident in (i) England and (ii) Wolverhampton North East have been successful.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	127361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>2.9m initial Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decisions were made by the Department for Work and Pensions between April 2013 and September 2017. Of those, 8% were appealed against, and 4% overturned at an appeal hearing. These data are included in the links below.</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>Information about the volumes and outcomes of appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) is published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The information provided below is a further breakdown of these data.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>The number and proportion of Personal Independence Payment<sup>1</sup> appeals decided in favour of the appellant</p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Wolverhampton North East<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>No. Found in favour<sup>3</sup></em></p></td><td><p><em>% Found in favour<sup>4</sup></em></p></td><td><p><em>No. Found in favour</em></p></td><td><p><em>% Found in favour</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014<sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p><em>16</em></p></td><td><p><em>25%</em></p></td><td><p><em>0</em></p></td><td><p><em>0%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015<sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p><em>2488</em></p></td><td><p><em>50%</em></p></td><td><p><em>42</em></p></td><td><p><em>42%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016<sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p><em>23675</em></p></td><td><p><em>61%</em></p></td><td><p><em>953</em></p></td><td><p><em>61%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017<sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p><em>36834</em></p></td><td><p><em>66%</em></p></td><td><p><em>1148</em></p></td><td><p><em>67%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Quarter 1 2017-2018<sup>6</sup></p></td><td><p><em>11137</em></p></td><td><p><em>66%</em></p></td><td><p><em>398</em></p></td><td><p><em>64%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Quarter 2 2017-2018<sup>7</sup></p></td><td><p><em>11448</em></p></td><td><p><em>68%</em></p></td><td><p><em>346</em></p></td><td><p><em>74%</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em><sup>1. </sup></em><em>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) replaced Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for people aged 16 to 64 from 8 April 2013. Data includes Personal Independence (New Claims and Reassessments). There were low volumes in 2013-2014.</em></p><ol start="2"><li><em>Social Security and Child Support data are attributed to a hearing venue nearest to the appellants’ home address. For appellants identified as living in Wolverhampton North East those appeals are among those attributed to the Walsall and Wolverhampton Tribunal Venues. </em></li></ol><p> </p><p><em><sup>3. </sup></em><em>No. Found in favour is based on the number found in favour of the appellant.</em></p><p> </p><p><em><sup>4. </sup></em><em>Percentage Found in favour is based on the number found in favour as a percentage of the appeals cleared at hearing this is in line with the published stats calculation.</em></p><p> </p><p><em><sup>5. </sup></em><em>Financial Years April to March.</em></p><p> </p><p><em><sup>6. </sup></em><em>Quarter 1 April- June.</em></p><p> </p><p><em><sup>7. </sup></em><em>Quarter 2 July- September- the latest period for which data are available.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data that are available. </em></p><p><em>The data are a subset of official statistics extracted from the case management system on a different date.</em></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 20/02/2018 18:16:12 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

838432

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	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: 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 mandatory PIP reconsiderations resulted in the original decision being upheld in 2016-2017.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	127260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The number of Personal Independent Payment (PIP) Mandatory Reconsiderations (MRs) cleared can be found in the official published statistics: “Data tables: Personal Independence Payment: Official Statistics to October 2017”. The relevant data can be found in Table 7b. This data shows the number of mandatory reconsiderations for New Claims and Reassessments broken down by month since PIP was introduced and split by outcome type:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>Latest available data to October 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/02/2018 12:06:31 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

839151

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2018
	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: 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 people have appealed against their original personal independence payment assessment; and how many of those appeals were successful.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	127709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The number of Personal Independent Payment (PIP) appeals cleared can be found in the official published statistics: “Tribunals and gender recognition certificate statistics quarterly – July to September 2017”. The relevant data can be found in Table SSCS.3 in the “Data Tables” document. This data shows the number of appeals cleared and their outcomes as a proportion. The data is broken down by year and quarter:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>The appeals and overturned figures from the Ministry of Justice statistics will include appeals not related to the decision (e.g. failure to submit the form in time).</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/02/2018 11:58:33 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

830177

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	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: 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 people who were refused personal independence payment had that decision changed at mandatory reconsideration in 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	124840
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The figures requested are given in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Initial claims made in 2016-17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of people refused PIP</p></td><td><p>390,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of whom:</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>number of people who had that decision changed at mandatory reconsideration</p></td><td><p>28,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>number of people who had a decision changed at a tribunal appeal</p></td><td><p>32,300</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Figures are for Great Britain.</p><p>Appeal figures are based upon appeals against mandatory reconsideration decisions. Initial decisions cannot be appealed until a claimant has gone through the mandatory reconsideration process.</p><p>Some decisions which are changed at mandatory reconsideration, and where the claimant continues to appeal for a higher PIP award, are then changed again at tribunal appeal. Therefore the number of people who had a decision changed at mandatory reconsideration and the number of people who had a decision changed at tribunal appeal cannot be added together.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 124839 124841 question first answered 05/02/2018 17:28:42 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

818966

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	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: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much public money has been spent on tribunals relating to Personal Independence Payments in 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	121643
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>As per the answer to PQs 107049 and 109256, the information is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 15/01/2018 15:32:09 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

834240

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2018
	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: 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 24 January 2018 to Question 123047, if the Government will review the guidelines for decisions on mandatory reconsiderations for personal independence payments to take account of the decline in the number of cases in which the mandatory reconsideration decision is upheld since the introduction of that system.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	125872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>Mandatory reconsideration benefits claimants, as it enables (i) the Department to provide a clear explanation of the decision; (ii) the claimant a further opportunity to present their case, including providing new evidence; and (iii) crucially, for decisions to be changed at the earliest opportunity, when appropriate.</p><p>The overturn rate of appeals does not mean that mandatory reconsideration is not working. The main reason decisions are overturned on appeal is due to additional evidence, both oral and written, being provided at tribunal, which was not previously available at the initial decision or the mandatory reconsideration stage</p><p>There are strands of work in progress to drive continuous improvement in the appeals process. This includes improving the way further evidence is collected to ensure all relevant information is available to decision makers at the earliest opportunity and the recruitment of approximately 150 Presenting Officers who represent DWP cases at Tribunals and provide valuable insight into why decisions are overturned.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/02/2018 16:46:50 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

806533

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	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: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what appeals process is available to personal independence payment claimants whose claims are subject to review under the personal independence payment assessment guidance set out in the Written Statement of 2 November 2017, HCWS218.
	tabling member constituency	North Warwickshire
	tabling member printed	Craig Tracey
	uin	119609
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>We will be undertaking a Legal Entitlement Administrative Procedure (LEAP) to ensure claimants’ awards are updated in line with a recent Upper Tribunal judgment around the term ‘safely’. This is a complex exercise which we need to get right and we are committed to ensuring this process is fair to all. Claimants will be notified of appeal rights in accordance with applicable statutory requirements.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 21/12/2017 14:38:43 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4509 label Biography information for Craig Tracey

818697

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2018
	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: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect on claimants of having their personal independence payments suspended while awaiting an appeal to the Upper Tribunal requested by his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	121461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The payment of a tribunal’s award of Personal Independence Payment will only be suspended where the Secretary of State considers that a tribunal’s decision is wrong in law and that conclusion needs to be tested before the Upper Tribunal. Whilst it must be right not to implement the tribunal’s award during this period, if a claimant can show that this will cause them hardship then any suspension imposed can be lifted and payment made.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst no assessment has been made of this policy, this is a long-standing process which has ensured that benefit is paid only when provided for in law.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 15/01/2018 15:14:34 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

823584

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	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: 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 PIP cases taken to tribunal following a failed mandatory reconsideration are successful in changing the original decision.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	123047
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The percentage of PIP and ESA appeals cleared at a tribunal hearing where the appeal decision was in favour of the claimant can be found in Table SSCS.3 of the quarterly bulletin “Tribunals and gender recognition certificate statistics quarterly – July to September 2017”.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>These figures include all Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) decisions subsequently appealed - not just ‘failed’ MRs where the original decision has been maintained, but also MRs where the award was changed but which were still disputed.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 123049 question first answered 24/01/2018 17:33:37 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen