| answer text |
<p>A lapsed appeal is where DWP changed the decision in the customer’s favour after
an appeal was lodged but before it was heard at a tribunal hearing.</p><p> </p><p>The
table below provides information on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) appeal registrations
and lapsed appeals. Data is provided for appeals registered in the 2022/23 financial
year, the latest full financial year that data is available.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table
1: Appeals registered in 2022/23 and how many were subsequently lapsed</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Appeals
registered</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Appeals lapsed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>81,000</p></td><td><p>18,000
(22% of appeals registered)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Figures
have been rounded to the nearest 1,000.</li><li>Data provided is for England and Wales
(excluding Scotland).</li><li>These figures include appeal registrations and decisions
for PIP New Claims, Reassessments, Award Reviews and Change of Circumstances. These
figures include appeals registered in 2022/23 financial year and any lapsed appeals
related to these appeal registrations up to the 30th September 2023, the latest date
for which published data is available.</li><li>Appeals data has been taken from DWP
PIP customer system’s management information. Therefore, this appeal data may differ
from that held by His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons such
as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and
preparing statistics.</li><li>This data is unpublished data. It should be used with
caution, and it may be subject to future revision.</li></ol>
|
|
