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The full cost of a tribunal cannot be ascertained. This is because appeals are a joint process between DWP and HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS). DWP do not handle tribunals for appeals; the cost of handling appeal tribunals sits with HMCTS and we do not hold their cost information. If this information were required, we would suggest that this element of your request be submitted to HMCTS.<\/p>

<\/p>

The department holds information relating to the initial PIP appeals process and that can be provided for financial years 2021/22 to 2023/24. The costs of processing the appeals would include expenditure relating to DWP Presenting Officers who attend some Tribunals. The DWP PIP Presenting Officers costs are detailed below:<\/p>

<\/p>

PIP<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2021-22<\/strong> (£m)<\/p><\/td>

2022-23<\/strong> (£m)<\/p><\/td>

2023-24<\/strong> (£m)<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Presenting Officers<\/p><\/td>

£2.6<\/p><\/td>

£2.5<\/p><\/td>

£3.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

Cost figures are rounded to the nearest £0.1m.<\/p>

Data Source: ABM<\/p>

The cost figures quoted are estimated DWP level 1 operating costs, including both direct delivery staff and non-staff costs. Non-staff costs are only those costs incurred in local cost centres, relating to direct delivery staff.<\/p>

The figures provided are for PIP Presenting Officers only and excludes Admin Support or Decision Making staff dealing with the initial appeals processing work.<\/p>

Please note that the data supplied is from the Departmental Activity Based Models. This data is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal Departmental use only, and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standards. It should therefore be treated with caution. The Departmental Activity Based staffing models are a snapshot of how many people were identified as undertaking specified activities as assigned by line managers.<\/p>

The data is frequently revised and changes to definitions / benefits / DWP structure effect comparisons over time. It should therefore be treated with caution and must be seen as an indication of cost, rather than the actual cost.<\/p>

<\/p>

The 2023/24 model is still in DRAFT and these are not the final approved figures.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4513", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mims Davies"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Mid Sussex"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mims Davies"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-05-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-05-22T16:07:35.73Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-05-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Personal Independence Payment: Appeals"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on Personal Independence Payment tribunals in each year since 2021.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4359", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephen Kinnock"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Aberavon"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Stephen Kinnock"} ], "uin" : "26871"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1719079", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1719079/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.<\/p>

The department holds information relating to the initial appeals process and that can be provided for financial years 2021/22 to 2023/24 but would only include Direct Operating costs and not any wider DWP overheads. The costs of processing the Appeals would include the costs of DWP Presenting Officer who attend some Tribunals.<\/p>

<\/p>

The full cost of a tribunal cannot be ascertained. This is because appeals are a joint process between DWP and HM Courts and Tribunals Service. DWP do not handle tribunals for appeals; the cost of handling appeal tribunals sits with HM Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS), and we do not hold their cost information. If this information were required, we would suggest that this element of your request be submitted to HMCTS.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4513", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mims Davies"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Mid Sussex"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mims Davies"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-05-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-05-22T16:02:59.453Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-05-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Personal Independence Payment: Appeals"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost to his Department was of a Personal Independence Payment tribunal appeal in each year since 2021.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4359", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephen Kinnock"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Aberavon"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Stephen Kinnock"} ], "uin" : "26872"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1719080", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1719080/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The information for the financial years covered by the request are detailed in the tables below:<\/p>

<\/p>

PIP<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2021-22<\/strong> (£m)<\/p><\/td>

2022-23<\/strong> (£m)<\/p><\/td>

2023-24<\/strong> (£m)<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Mandatory Reconsiderations<\/p><\/td>

£28.5<\/p><\/td>

£22.8<\/p><\/td>

£22.9<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

Cost figures are rounded to the nearest £0.1m<\/p>

Data Source: ABM<\/p>

<\/p>

The cost figures quoted are estimated DWP level 1 operating costs, including both direct delivery staff and non-staff costs. Non-staff costs are only those costs incurred in local cost centres, relating to direct delivery staff.<\/p>

Please note that the data supplied is from the Departmental Activity Based Models. This data is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal Departmental use only and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standards. It should therefore be treated with caution. The Departmental Activity Based staffing models are a snapshot of how many people were identified as undertaking specified activities as assigned by line managers.<\/p>

The 2023/24 model is still in DRAFT and these are not the final approved figures.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4513", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mims Davies"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Mid Sussex"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mims Davies"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-05-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-05-22T16:03:50.693Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-05-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Personal Independence Payment: Appeals"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on mandatory reconsiderations of Personal Independence Payment claims in each year since 2021.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4359", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephen Kinnock"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Aberavon"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Stephen Kinnock"} ], "uin" : "26873"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1719081", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1719081/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The information for the financial years covered by the request are detailed in the tables below:<\/p>

PIP Unit Costs<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2021-22.<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2022-23.<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2023-24.<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Mandatory Reconsiderations<\/p><\/td>

£113<\/p><\/td>

£81<\/p><\/td>

£87<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/strong><\/p>

Cost figures are rounded to the nearest pound.<\/p>

Data Source: ABM<\/p>

<\/p>

The cost figures quoted are estimated DWP level 1 operating costs, including both direct<\/p>

delivery staff and non-staff costs. Non-staff costs are only those costs incurred in local cost centres, relating to direct delivery staff. They show the average Unit Cost of processing one PIP Mandatory Reconsideration. The reduction in Unit Cost in the latter years follows an
improvement in productivity.<\/p>

<\/p>

Please note that the data supplied is from the Departmental Activity Based Models. This data is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal<\/p>

Departmental use only and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official<\/p>

Statistics publication standards. It should therefore be treated with caution. The Departmental Activity Based staffing models are a snapshot of how many people were identified as undertaking specified activities as assigned by line managers.
<\/p>

The 2023/24 model is still in DRAFT and these are not the final approved figures.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4513", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mims Davies"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Mid Sussex"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mims Davies"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-05-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-05-22T16:06:30.587Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-05-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Personal Independence Payment: Appeals"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost to his Department was of a Personal Independence Payment mandatory reconsideration in each year since 2021.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4359", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephen Kinnock"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Aberavon"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Stephen Kinnock"} ], "uin" : "26874"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1719082", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1719082/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

Table 1 shows the number and percentage of initial decision awards for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) that were changed after an appeal tribunal hearing, in the Aberavon constituency by the financial year of the initial decision.<\/p>

<\/p>

Table 1<\/strong><\/p>

<\/p>

Financial Year of Initial Decision<\/p><\/td>

Initial Decisions Overturned at Tribunal Hearing<\/p><\/td>

% PIP Initial Decisions Overturned at Tribunal Hearing<\/p><\/td>

All Initial Decisions<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013/14<\/p><\/td>

0<\/p><\/td>

4%<\/p><\/td>

80<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2014/15<\/p><\/td>

110<\/p><\/td>

7%<\/p><\/td>

1,620<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2015/16<\/p><\/td>

130<\/p><\/td>

10%<\/p><\/td>

1,380<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2016/17<\/p><\/td>

350<\/p><\/td>

12%<\/p><\/td>

2,880<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2017/18<\/p><\/td>

100<\/p><\/td>

9%<\/p><\/td>

1,200<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2018/19<\/p><\/td>

80<\/p><\/td>

9%<\/p><\/td>

920<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2019/20<\/p><\/td>

80<\/p><\/td>

8%<\/p><\/td>

1,040<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2020/21<\/p><\/td>

30<\/p><\/td>

4%<\/p><\/td>

820<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2021/22<\/p><\/td>

60<\/p><\/td>

6%<\/p><\/td>

1,090<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2022/23<\/p><\/td>

70<\/p><\/td>

5%<\/p><\/td>

1,440<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2023/24*<\/p><\/td>

10<\/p><\/td>

1%<\/p><\/td>

740<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

Table 2 shows the number and percentage of Award Reviews (AR) and Change of Circumstances (CoC) decisions for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) that were changed after an appeal tribunal hearing, in the Aberavon constituency by the financial year of the AR or CoC decision.<\/p>

<\/p>

Table 2<\/strong><\/p>

<\/p>

Financial Year of AR or CoC decision<\/p><\/td>

AR/CoC Decisions Overturned at Tribunal Hearing<\/p><\/td>

% PIP AR/CoC Decisions Overturned at Tribunal Hearing<\/p><\/td>

All AR and CoC Decisions<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2016/17<\/p><\/td>

40<\/p><\/td>

10%<\/p><\/td>

370<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2017/18<\/p><\/td>

50<\/p><\/td>

8%<\/p><\/td>

590<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2018/19<\/p><\/td>

80<\/p><\/td>

9%<\/p><\/td>

870<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2019/20<\/p><\/td>

20<\/p><\/td>

3%<\/p><\/td>

690<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2020/21<\/p><\/td>

20<\/p><\/td>

2%<\/p><\/td>

850<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2021/22<\/p><\/td>

10<\/p><\/td>

2%<\/p><\/td>

830<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2022/23<\/p><\/td>

20<\/p><\/td>

2%<\/p><\/td>

920<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2023/24*<\/p><\/td>

10<\/p><\/td>

1%<\/p><\/td>

600<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

<\/p>

Please note:<\/strong><\/p>

<\/p>