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<p>The increase in appeals for these benefits was for the following reasons:</p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p><strong>ESA. </strong>There has been a significant change over 2016/17
in the makeup of Work Capability Assessments. As capacity with the provider has increased,
this has enabled us to undertake assessments on a greater range of cases, including
more reassessment cases and more cases which require a face-to-face assessment. This
has changed the case mix and we are seeing more fit-for-work and work-related activity
group decisions. Fit-for-work decisions are more likely to be appealed. But it should
be noted that between April 2014-December 2016, 2.1m ESA WCA decisions have been made,
of these just 8% have been appealed and only 4% have been overturned.</p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>PIP. </strong>The increase is consequent
on the upscaling of the roll-out of the DLA to PIP migration programme. Those who
either were not awarded PIP or were given a reduced award were likely to dispute those
decisions. In the majority of successful appeals, decisions are overturned because
people have submitted more oral or written evidence.</p>
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