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<p>Information about outcomes for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) appeals to the
First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at:</p><p><a
href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a>.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>The specific information requested is in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Benefit</p></td><td><p>Outcome
Type</p></td><td><p>Quarter 1 (April to June) 2018/19<sup>p</sup></p></td><td><p>Quarter
2 (July to September) 2018/19<sup>p</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>PIP<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Withdrawn</p></td><td><p>895</p></td><td><p>839</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Struck
out</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Superseded</p></td><td><p>2,470</p></td><td><p>3,749</p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li>PIP
was introduced in April 2013 and replaced Disability Living Allowance</li></ol><p><sup>
p </sup>Provisional data subject to change</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An SSCS appeal may
be captured more than once as a hearing or non-hearing clearance should the original
decision be overturned, set aside or an Upper Tribunal re-hearing is granted.</p><p>
</p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details
are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large- scale case management system and
are the best data that are available.</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures (to December 2018)
indicate that since PIP was introduced, 3.9 million decisions have been made, and
of these 10% have been appealed and 5% have been overturned at tribunals.</p><p> </p><p>
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