The number of Personal Independent Payment (PIP) Mandatory Reconsiderations (MRs) cleared can be found in the official published statistics: \u201cData tables: Personal Independence Payment: Official Statistics to October 2017\u201d. The relevant data can be found in Table 7b. This data shows the number of mandatory reconsiderations for New Claims and Reassessments broken down by month since PIP was introduced and split by outcome type:<\/p>
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<\/p><\/td> | Initial claims made in 2016-17<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Number of people refused PIP<\/p><\/td> 390,200<\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Of whom:<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> number of people who had that decision changed at mandatory reconsideration<\/p><\/td> 28,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr> number of people who had a decision changed at a tribunal appeal<\/p><\/td> 32,300<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Figures are for Great Britain.<\/p> Appeal figures are based upon appeals against mandatory reconsideration decisions. Initial decisions cannot be appealed until a claimant has gone through the mandatory reconsideration process.<\/p> Some decisions which are changed at mandatory reconsideration, and where the claimant continues to appeal for a higher PIP award, are then changed again at tribunal appeal. Therefore the number of people who had a decision changed at mandatory reconsideration and the number of people who had a decision changed at tribunal appeal cannot be added together.<\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/830177/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The figures requested are given in the table below.<\/p> <\/p><\/td> Initial claims made in 2016-17<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Number of people refused PIP<\/p><\/td> 390,200<\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Of whom:<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> number of people who had that decision changed at mandatory reconsideration<\/p><\/td> 28,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr> number of people who had a decision changed at a tribunal appeal<\/p><\/td> 32,300<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Figures are for Great Britain.<\/p> Appeal figures are based upon appeals against mandatory reconsideration decisions. Initial decisions cannot be appealed until a claimant has gone through the mandatory reconsideration process.<\/p> Some decisions which are changed at mandatory reconsideration, and where the claimant continues to appeal for a higher PIP award, are then changed again at tribunal appeal. Therefore the number of people who had a decision changed at mandatory reconsideration and the number of people who had a decision changed at tribunal appeal cannot be added together.<\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/830179/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The figures requested are given in the table below.<\/p> <\/p><\/td> Initial claims made in 2016-17<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Number of people refused PIP<\/p><\/td> 390,200<\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Of whom:<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> number of people who had that decision changed at mandatory reconsideration<\/p><\/td> 28,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr> number of people who had a decision changed at a tribunal appeal<\/p><\/td> 32,300<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Figures are for Great Britain.<\/p> Appeal figures are based upon appeals against mandatory reconsideration decisions. Initial decisions cannot be appealed until a claimant has gone through the mandatory reconsideration process.<\/p> Some decisions which are changed at mandatory reconsideration, and where the claimant continues to appeal for a higher PIP award, are then changed again at tribunal appeal. Therefore the number of people who had a decision changed at mandatory reconsideration and the number of people who had a decision changed at tribunal appeal cannot be added together.<\/p>"}
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