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1022931

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of mandatory reconsiderations for personal independence payments have (a) overturned and (b) upheld the original assessment decision in each year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
uin	200690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>Table 7B of the publication “Personal Independence Payment: April 2013 to October 2018” provides statistics on Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) clearances by type and month of clearance, a copy of which can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>Not all MRs will relate to the outcome of the PIP assessment, but other aspects of the PIP process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 13/12/2018 12:53:32 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

1015097

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of personal independence payment cases that were initially assessed as scoring zero points and were overturned at (a) reconsideration and (b) appeal stage resulted in the award of the enhanced rate of (i) mobility, (ii) daily living, and (iii) both the enhanced rates in (A) Glasgow South West constituency, (B) Scotland and (C) the UK in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	195640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 195639 question first answered 29/11/2018 13:19:08 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1010266

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of personal independence payment applications that go to appeal.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	192872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>Since PIP was introduced 3.5m decisions have been made, of these 9% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned.</p><p> </p><p>The Department endeavors to get decisions right first time. The main reason why decisions are changed at tribunal is a combination of the claimant’s oral evidence, the tribunal reaching a different conclusion on the same evidence and new written evidence not available to the original decision makers.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to monitor and improve our decision making processes. This includes the deployment of 150 Presenting Officers to represent the Department at tribunal hearings and provide valuable feedback to both Decision Makers and Health Care Professionals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 27/11/2018 12:14:17 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1007764

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to speed up the process of appeals against personal independence payment assessments.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	191897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>It is important that appeals are heard as quickly as possible. The Ministry of Justice recognises that there are delays in the system and is in the process of recruiting extra judicial office holders to help deal with this. In the Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) jurisdiction, which is the part of the tribunal system which deals with personal independence payment appeals, 225 new medical members have already been appointed and 119 disability-qualified members have recently been recruited. The SSCS jurisdiction will also benefit from the fact that 250 fee-paid judges and 100 salaried judges are being recruited across tribunals more widely. In addition, we have recently launched a new digital service to enable speedier processing of appeals and provide a better service for all parties to the proceedings. Information on the new digital service can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-online-service-launched-for-pip-appeals" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-online-service-launched-for-pip-appeals</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 22/11/2018 16:27:00 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

964595

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of personal independence payment appeals were successful in (a) Brighton and Hove and (b) the UK in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	169279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Information about the volumes and outcomes of appeals, including Personal Independence Payment (PIP), to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>(a) HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) does not record data based on constituencies. SSCS appeals are listed into the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. The published csv files provide information about the outcomes of PIP appeals for individual hearing venues including Brighton, where appeals from constituents living in the Brighton and Hove areas would be heard.</p><p>(b) HMCTS administer appeals received from appellants living in England, Scotland and Wales. The Appeals Service, part of the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service, administers appeals from appellants living in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures indicate that since PIP was introduced, more than 3.1 million decisions have been made, and of these under 9% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned. For ESA, 8% of decisions made were appealed and 4% have been overturned at tribunals.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/09/2018 13:15:54 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

944699

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost per applicant is for her Department of an appeal against an initial refusal to grant a personal independence payment.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
uin	166251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>This information is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 25/07/2018 15:40:52 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

939990

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will set a target for the maximum time limit for people to wait for a personal independence payments appeal to be heard.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	163628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is not planning to set a target for the maximum time limit for people to wait for a Personal Independence Payment appeal to be heard. This is because waiting times fluctuate geographically owing to a number of factors including venue capacity, the volumes of benefit decisions made locally, the complexity of the case and the availability of panel members. Furthermore, the listing of appeals, including consideration of whether a hearing should be expedited, is a function of the Tribunal’s judiciary. We are however working on measures to improve the capacity and performance of the Tribunal, including the appointment of additional judges and panel members.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/07/2018 14:06:41 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 70869 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

937523

registered interest
date	09/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of tribunal appeals in relation to claims for personal independence payments by people with epilepsy were successful in (a) London, (b) the South East, (c) the South West, (d) the East Midlands, (e) the West Midlands, (f) the North East and (g) the North West in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	162163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2018 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service does not categorise appeals by illness, or disability, of the appellant. This information is therefore not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/08/2018 09:31:23 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

937547

registered interest
date	09/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many claimants of personal independence payments have been successful on appeal at tribunal in Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	162085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>The latest figures indicate that since PIP was introduced, more than 3.1 million decisions have been made, and of these only 4% were overturned at tribunals.</p><p> </p><p>Information about the outcomes for Social Security and Child Support appeals, including Personal Independence Payment (PIP) appeals, is published on gov.uk and can be viewed using the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service does not record data based on constituencies. First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) appeals are listed into the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. The published CSV files provide information about the outcomes of PIP appeals for individual hearing venues including Chester, where appeals from constituents living in the Ellesmere Port and Neston areas would be heard.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 17/07/2018 09:09:32 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

931454

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to prevent delays to personal independence hearings.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	157674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>In order to respond to a general increase in appeal receipts, HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service has been working with the tribunal’s judiciary both to appoint additional judges and panel members, and take forward initiatives with the potential to increase the capacity and performance of the tribunal. We have recruited extra fee-paid judicial office holders: 250 judges across the First-tier Tribunal, 125 disability-qualified members, and up to 230 medical members. We are also developing a new digital system which enables speedier processing of appeals and a better service for all parties to the proceedings. In addition, we are reviewing current listing practices to increase the number of cases listed on a tribunal session, and introducing case-management “triage” sessions, with the aim of reducing the time taken for appeals to reach final determination. All these measures will increase the capacity of the tribunal, with the aim of reducing waiting times for appellants.</p><p> </p><p>I have met with my counterpart at the Department of Work and Pensions to discuss how our two departments can work together to improve initial decision making and the time it takes for cases to go through the tribunal. Officials from both departments are looking at feedback from the tribunal and at ways in which digitisation might make the system easier to use.</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures indicate that since Personal Independent Payment was introduced, more than 3.1 million decisions have been made, and of these under 9% have been appealed, and 4% have been overturned. For Employment Support Allowance, 8% of all decisions made were appealed, and 4% overturned at tribunals.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 157675 question first answered 04/07/2018 10:07:14 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams