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<p>The Department gathers information on the reasons why Personal Independence Payment
(PIP) decisions have been overturned from DWP Presenting Officers and the summary
reasons from the Tribunal hearing. Internal Management Information for 2015/16 indicates
that either new oral or documentary evidence supplied at the hearing are the leading
reasons for PIP decisions being overturned in 75% of cases.</p><p>These figures are
from internal DWP systems, where only one of possible multiple reasons can be recorded.
They are derived from unpublished information and have not been quality assured to
National Statistics or Official Statistics standard.</p>
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