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<p>The information requested is set out in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="3"><p><strong>Number and percentage of Personal Independence Payment (PIP)</strong><sup>1</sup><strong>
appeals decided in favour of the appellant in West Yorkshire</strong><sup>2</sup><strong>
in the last 24 months for which data are available. </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>No of Decisions in Favour<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>% Decision in
Favour<sup>4</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2017 to March 2019</p></td><td><p>4878</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><sup>1</sup>PIP (New Claim Appeals), which replaced Disability Living Allowance
was introduced on 8 April 2013, also includes Disability Living Allowance Reassessed
cases.</p><p><sup>2</sup>Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) data are recorded
by the office that dealt with the case, and if the case went to oral hearing, the
location of the tribunal hearing, normally the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s
home address. Cases relating to West Yorkshire are attributed to the following SSCS
venues: Bradford, Leeds, Huddersfield and Wakefield.</p><p><sup>3</sup>Decisions in
favour - those cases where the original decision is revised in favour of the appellant.</p><p><sup>4</sup>Percentage
in favour calculated as the number in favour as a percentage of those cleared at a
tribunal hearing. Cases cleared at hearing include some withdrawals.</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. These data may differ slightly from those in the published statistics as
these data were run on a different date.</p>
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