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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

781470

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, what criteria must be met to deem a medical assessment unfit for purpose during a personal independence payment dispute process; and whether it is his Department's policy that a medical assessment can be used to form a judgement if the (a) claimant has requested a mandatory reconsideration and (b) medical assessment is being disputed by the claimant on the grounds of additional medical evidence.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	110692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>When considering a Mandatory Reconsideration application, a decision maker may consider the assessment report to be unsatisfactory where they consider the overall conclusion is not fair and impartial and is likely to have compromised the quality of the initial decision. For example, it is not comprehensive, it doesn’t clearly explain the medical issues raised by the claimant, it doesn’t fully explain any contradictions in evidence, it is not complete, it is not in accordance with the relevant legislation.</p><p> </p><p>In considering an MR application, a decision maker will take into account both the assessment report and all other evidence held on the case, irrespective of when it has been received or who has provided it.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 03/11/2017 11:01:25 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

776930

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, pursuant to the Answer of 9 October 2017 to Question 105008, on personal independence payment (PIP): appeals, what his target is for the proportion of PIP decisions to be made correctly first time; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	109255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>We aim to get the decision correct every time. The Department monitors the quality and accuracy of its decision making with a robust quality assurance framework where feedback is given to individual decision makers as required.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 30/10/2017 11:13:44 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

776931

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, pursuant to the Answer of 9 October 2017 to Question 105008, on personal independence payment: appeals, what the average cost to his Department is of each appeal.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	109256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department only holds data on internal costs for Personal Independence Payments (PIP) Appeals.</p><p> </p><p>The average internal cost of each appeal is £278.35 for new claims and £138.84 for reassessment appeals. Other costs are only obtainable at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 30/10/2017 15:20:17 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

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

767727

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
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, pursuant to the oral Answer of 9 October 2017, Official Report, column 12, what proportion of personal independence payment assessments were overturned at mandatory reconsideration or tribunal appeals in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	106725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>In the latest 12 months of available figures 5% of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decisions were overturned at mandatory reconsideration (MR), and 5% of PIP decisions were overturned at tribunal appeals.</p><p> </p><p>These proportions are calculated from the latest available data on PIP clearances which can be found at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a>, the latest available data on MRs which can be found in table 7B at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643744/tables-pip-statistics-to-july-2017.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643744/tables-pip-statistics-to-july-2017.ods</a>, and the latest available data on PIP appeals which can be found in table SCSS3 at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/644444/tribunal-and-GRC-main-tables-1718q1.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/644444/tribunal-and-GRC-main-tables-1718q1.xlsx</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/10/2017 15:33:30 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

765464

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
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 reasons for the recent trends in the number of successful personal independence payment tribunal appeals; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	106173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>The main reason that decisions are overturned at appeal is additional evidence provided by the claimant at appeal stage.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/10/2017 14:28:06 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle