https://age.bitc.org.uk/tools-impact-stories/toolkits<\/a><\/p>"}
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DWP have 3.0% of their staff employed as apprentices based on the last quarterly figures as at 30 November 2018.<\/p>"}
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Her Majesty\u2019s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and DWP are very sensitive to the needs of people who may be affected by waiting times for tribunal hearings. Tribunal staff and judicial office-holders are trained accordingly, with HMCTS\u2019 reasonable adjustments policy and practice applied where appropriate. Guidance on the policy is published on GOV.UK. If an expedited hearing is sought, or where the tribunal identifies a case which might benefit from an expedited hearing, a judge or caseworker will make a decision on the issue, taking all the circumstances of the case into account.<\/p>
<\/p>
HMCTS is appointing additional judges and panel members and generally taking forward initiatives with the potential to increase the capacity and performance of the tribunal, including listing more Personal Independence Payment appeals into each session. In the North West specifically, closer case management of cases ready to list has allowed many cases to be dealt with in advance of a hearing.<\/p>
<\/p>
Furthermore, DWP is reviewing its decision making and Mandatory Reconsideration processes with a view to reducing the number of appeals that need to be made. It is also working closely with HMCTS as it develops a new digital system which will enable speedier processing of appeals.<\/p>
<\/p>
<\/p>"}
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The information requested is provided in the table below.<\/p>
<\/p>
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants with a primary disabling condition of psychiatric disorders \u2013 April 2013 to September 2018<\/strong><\/p> <\/p>
-<\/p><\/td> | England<\/p><\/td> | North West<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Disallowed post-referral to the Assessment Provider due to failing the assessment<\/p><\/td> | 309,110<\/p><\/td> | 49,310<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Of these:<\/p><\/td> | -<\/p><\/td> | -<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Change of award at Mandatory Reconsideration<\/p><\/td> | 17,470<\/p><\/td> | 2,650<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Decision overturned at appeal<\/p><\/td> | 29,710<\/p><\/td> | 4,120<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Since PIP was introduced 3.7m decisions have been made in Great Britain for all health conditions up to September 2018, of these 10% have been appealed and 5% have been overturned.<\/p> There are strands of work in progress to drive continuous improvement in the decision making process. This has included the deployment of approximately 150 Presenting Officers, who are presenting DWP\u2019s case in a number of PIP and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) appeals.<\/p> Presenting Officers have a role in gaining valuable insight into Tribunals\u2019 view of the Department\u2019s processes - both at the original decision stage and at mandatory reconsideration - and why decisions may be overturned.<\/p> Their feedback is being directed to the relevant parts of the business in order to drive long term improvements to the claimant journey.<\/p> DWP is also running a series of tests exploring the different ways evidence could be gathered, and the quality of decision making.<\/p> The data has been rounded to the nearest 10.<\/p> PIP data includes normal rules and special rules for the terminally ill claimants, and covers new claims and DLA reassessment claims.<\/p> <\/p> Data is based on primary disabling condition as recorded on the PIP computer systems. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which the decision is based but only the primary condition is shown in these statistics.<\/p> The geography relates to the origin of the claim (i.e. derived from claimant\u2019s postcode).<\/p> The appeals may include decisions which are changed at MR, and where the claimant continues to appeal for a higher PIP award, are then changed again at tribunal appeal.<\/p> Claimants who have received benefit decisions more recently may not yet have had time to complete the claimant journey and progress to appeal.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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