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781469

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
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, how many people who have personal independence payment claims initially refused are successful at appeal.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	110680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>In the 52 months between April 2013 and July 2017, the latest dates for which data is available, 57,910 Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decisions which were initially disallowed, and where this decision was upheld at mandatory reconsideration (MR), were overturned at appeal. This represents 2% of all PIP decisions in this time.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Period covered: April 2013 – July 2017 (latest available data).</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/11/2017 16:30:48 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

777052

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
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, how many decisions on personal independence payments claims were subsequently overturned by HM Courts and Tribunals Service in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	109417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The latest available data on volumes of appeals, volumes overturned and volumes upheld can be found in quarterly published statistics from the Ministry of Justice in tables SSCS.1 and SSCS.3 of: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics#history" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics#history</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 30/10/2017 11:20:13 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

768208

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing an assessment rate for personal independence payments during the appeals process.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	107037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>No assessment or costings exercise has been made in relation to introducing an assessment rate for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) during the appeal process. As for other decisions in law, a PIP decision persists until such time as an appeal against the decision is concluded. As PIP can be paid at one of eight different rates this means that those appealing against a successful award continue to be paid the level of PIP awarded by the Secretary of State during the appeal process.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 107038 question first answered 18/10/2017 11:08:44 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

768215

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
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, how much has been spent defending appeals of personal independence payment decisions in (a) the UK, (b) Wales and (c) Aberavon in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	107049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The information is not readily available and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/10/2017 13:25:59 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

768220

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
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, whether he has undertaken a costings exercise on introducing an assessment rate for personal independence payments claimants during the appeals process.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	107038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>No assessment or costings exercise has been made in relation to introducing an assessment rate for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) during the appeal process. As for other decisions in law, a PIP decision persists until such time as an appeal against the decision is concluded. As PIP can be paid at one of eight different rates this means that those appealing against a successful award continue to be paid the level of PIP awarded by the Secretary of State during the appeal process.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 107037 question first answered 18/10/2017 11:08:44 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

753609

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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, how many applicants have appealed the level of personal independence payment awarded in (a) Aberdeen North constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK in each year since April 2013; and how many of those applications were awarded less at tribunal.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	5659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>The information is not readily available and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/07/2017 15:29:02 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

753616

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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 the average difference is in points awarded at initial assessment and on appeal for those who claim personal independence payment following an appeal.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	5856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>The department does not hold the required information on point scores at appeal. We therefore cannot provide the average difference in points awarded at initial assessment and on appeal for those who claim personal independence payment following an appeal.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 25/07/2017 13:37:58 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

732968

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
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, with reference to the Answer of 27 April 2017 to Question 71691, on personal independence payment: appeals, what recent discussions he has had with the Tribunals Service on establishing detailed and regular feedback on personal independence payment appeal tribunal decisions; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	1356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The department continues to have regular meetings with the Tribunals Service where all aspects of the appeals process, including feedback, are discussed. In this regard, and although they are still developing into the role, the feedback from the Presenting Officers in PIP and ESA appeals, referred to in my previous reply, is proving informative.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 03/07/2017 10:26:54 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

720817

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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, following the accepting of an appeal against a personal independence payment award, how many claimants (a) are offered a revised decision by his Department prior to the appeal being heard, (b) accept the revised decision leading to the appeal lapsing, (c) reject the revised decision and continue with the appeal and (d) accept the revised decision leading to the appeal lapsing and subsequently lodge an appeal against the revised decision; and how many appeals were considered lapsed in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	70571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/04/2017 11:29:39 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

720861

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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 proportion of personal independence payment cases overturned at reconsideration or appeal stages were initially assessed as scoring zero points by the relevant assessor in 2016.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	70970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The table below provides the number of mandatory reconsiderations and appeals where the decision was overturned in 2016, and the proportion of these cases where the individual was initially assessed as scoring zero points by the DWP case manager.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mandatory Reconsiderations</p></td><td><p>Appeals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Overturned cases</p></td><td><p>34,110</p></td><td><p>32,070</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Overturned cases when they initially scored zero points</p></td><td><p>5,030 (15%)</p></td><td><p>8,100 (25%)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>The number of Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) and Appeal overturns includes decisions where a claimant’s monetary award was changed at MR or Appeal.</li><li>Data shows the number of MRs and Appeals where the outcome of this decision was reached during 2016.</li><li>The data currently available on point scores and reported here shows the points awarded by the DWP case manager at initial decision.</li></ol> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/04/2017 12:06:52 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson