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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.</p><p> </p><p>Claims
made under Special Rules for Terminal Illness (SRTI) are fast tracked. New claims
to PIP under SRTI were being cleared in 4 working days on average (median) in April
2020 and reassessments from Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to PIP under SRTI were
being cleared in 6 working days on average (median) in April 2020.</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>For
the 1,740 claimants who died after registering a PIP claim under Special Rules <strong>but
</strong>prior to a decision being made on their case between 1<sup>st</sup> April
2018 and 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020, the average (median) number of working days between
registering a claim and death was 5 working days.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p>
</p><p><strong>Sources: PIP ADS, Customer Information System</strong></p><ul><li>These
figures include new claims and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to PIP reassessment
claims.</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 If not, the claim is withdrawn.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This is unpublished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 PIP computer system’s (PIP CS) management information. It should be
used with caution and may be subject to future revision.</li><li>Figures include registrations
made from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2018 – 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020 and clearances made
up to 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020 (as recorded on the system at 30<sup>th</sup> April
2020) and claimant deaths from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2018 – 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020
(as recorded on the system at 2<sup>nd</sup> October 2020) and may be subject to retrospection.</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 answers to PQ 90093 and PQ 81700.</li><li>The
averages provided are median working days. The median is the middle value if you were
to order all the times within the distribution from lowest value to highest value.
The median is presented here instead of the mean because the mean can be unduly affected
by outlying cases.</li><li>Median working days are provided to allow comparison with
the figure published for all PIP new claims made under SRTI.</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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