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<p>The table below shows a comparison of the outcomes of Personal Independence Payment
(PIP) claims registered by claimants in Scotland throughout the whole of 2019 and
between 24<sup>th</sup> March – 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The latest
published journey time from PIP registration to clearance in April 2020 in Scotland
was 21 weeks on average for a new claim and 27 weeks for a Disability Living Allowance
(DLA) to PIP reassessment claim. This goes some way to explaining why the majority
of claims registered from 24<sup>th</sup> March 2020 onwards had not received an initial
decision as of 30<sup>th</sup> April 2020, the latest date for which data is available.</p><p>
</p><p>It is worth noting that the majority of claims cleared since 24<sup>th</sup>
March 2020 were cleared under the Special Rules for Terminally Ill claimants for which
the average customer journey time in Great Britain was 5 working days for New Claims
and 6 working days for DLA to PIP Reassessment claims.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table
1: Comparison of outcomes of PIP claims registered in Scotland in 2019 and from 24<sup>th</sup>
March 2020</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Date
of registration to PIP</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Outcome
of PIP Claim</strong></p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>24th March 2020 Onwards</p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Awarded</p></td><td><p>43,660</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p><strong>43,800</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disallowed
post-referral to AP</p></td><td><p>24,980</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p><strong>24,990</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disallowed
pre-referral to the AP</p></td><td><p>16,950</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p><strong>16,950</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Withdrawn</p></td><td><p>1,350</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p><strong>1,360</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Case
Still Outstanding</p></td><td><p>7,600</p></td><td><p>3,220</p></td><td><p><strong>10,810</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total
number of PIP Registrations</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>94,550</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,370</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>97,920</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><strong>Source: PIP ADS</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><ul><li>PIP
data includes normal rules and special rules for terminally ill claimants, and is
for both new claims and DLA reassessment claims.</li></ul><ul><li>Data has been rounded
to the nearest 10. Component parts may not sum due to rounding.</li><li>Cases disallowed
post referral to the AP includes claims disallowed at assessment and claims disallowed
for failing to attend the assessment.</li><li>Cases disallowed pre-referral to the
AP includes claims Disallowed for failing to return the PIP2 form and claims disallowed
for failing lay rules.</li><li>Definition of Claims Still Outstanding: Claims that
have been registered but have not received an initial decision as of 30<sup>th</sup>
April 2020.</li></ul><ul><li>This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution
and it may be subject to future revision.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p>
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