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<p>The information requested is shown in the tables below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="6"><p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Table 1: Personal Independence
Payment (PIP) new claims and reassessments for claimants with a primary disabling
condition of Epilepsy - initial decisions, Mandatory Reconsiderations (MRs) and appeals,
Scotland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Of which:</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial year of initial
decision</p></td><td><p>Initial Decisions</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Initial
decisions - disallowed due to failing the assessment</p></td><td><p>MR - new decision
award changed</p></td><td><p>Appeal – decision overturned</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>940</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>510</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>910</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>660</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>1,440</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>1,030</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>1,480</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>960</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April
to Sep 2018</p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total
Decisions</p></td><td><p>5,830</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3,550</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>670</p></td></tr></tbody></table>Table
2: Personal Independence Payment (PIP) new claims - initial decisions, Mandatory Reconsiderations
(MRs) and appeals, Scotland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Of which:</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial
year of initial decision</p></td><td><p>Initial Decisions</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Initial
decisions - disallowed due to failing the assessment</p></td><td><p>MR - new decision
award changed</p></td><td><p>Appeal - decision overturned</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>10,470</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>2,490</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>55,740</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>13,180</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>1,190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>49,020</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>12,680</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>1,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>52,820</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>13,500</p></td><td><p>510</p></td><td><p>1,170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>57,580</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>15,910</p></td><td><p>560</p></td><td><p>1,620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April
to Sep 2018</p></td><td><p>27,710</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>8,130</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total
Decisions</p></td><td><p>253,340</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>65,890</p></td><td><p>2,090</p></td><td><p>5,410</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="6"><p>Table 3: Personal Independence Payment (PIP) new claims for claimants
with a primary disabling condition of Epilepsy - initial decisions, Mandatory Reconsiderations
(MRs) and appeals, Scotland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Of which:</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial
year of initial decision</p></td><td><p>Initial Decisions</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Initial
decisions - disallowed due to failing the assessment</p></td><td><p>MR - new decision
award changed</p></td><td><p>Appeal - decision overturned</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>790</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>450</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>510</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>550</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April
to Sep 2018</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total
Decisions</p></td><td><p>3,110</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2,050</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>220</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p
/><p>Under PIP, 27 per cent of working age claimants with epilepsy recorded as their
primary disabling condition receive the highest level of support compared to 6 per
cent under Disability Living Allowance when PIP was introduced.</p><p>Notes</p><p>Tables
2 and 3 are for PIP new claims only, whereas Table 1 is for both new claims and DLA
reassessment claims.</p><p>In the application process, claimants’ primary disabling
condition is only recorded for collation by the Department at assessment. Therefore
the initial decisions in Table 2 will include claims where the disability has not
been recorded due to the assessment not being completed, and are therefore not comparable
to the figures in Table 3.</p><p>Data is based on primary disabling condition as recorded
on the PIP computer system. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions
upon which the decision is based but only the primary condition is shown in these
statistics.</p><p>The disability subgroup of Epilepsy in the PIP Computer System includes
Cataplexy, Generalised seizures (with status epilepticus in last 12 months), Generalised
seizures (without status epilepticus in last 12 months), Narcolepsy, Partial seizures
(with status epilepticus in last 12 months), Partial seizures (without status epilepticus
in last 12 months) and Seizures - unclassified.</p><p>PIP data includes normal rules
and special rules for the terminally ill claimants.</p><p>Data has been rounded to
the nearest 10.</p><p>Appeals data taken from the DWP PIP computer system’s management
information. Therefore this data may differ from that held by Her Majesty’s Courts
and Tribunals Service for various reasons such as delays in data recording and other
methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.</p><p>Decisions
overturned at appeal may include a number of appeals that have been lapsed (which
is where DWP changed the decision after an appeal was lodged but before it was heard
at Tribunal).</p><p>Some decisions which are changed at MR, and where the claimant
continues to appeal for a higher PIP award, are then changed again at tribunal appeal.
Therefore the number of people who had a decision changed at MR and the number of
people who had a decision changed at tribunal appeal cannot be added together.</p><p>Claimants
who have received benefit decisions more recently may not yet have had time to complete
the claimant journey and progress to appeal.</p>
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