www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p>
Latest figures (to June 2018) indicate that since PIP was introduced, 3.5 million decisions have been made, and of these 9% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned at tribunals.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the average length of time between notification of unsuccessful claims for personal independence payments and tribunal hearing for appeals of those refused claims in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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The Department works closely with HM Courts and Tribunal Service and endeavours to transfer information within agreed timescales. We continue to monitor and review our decision making and appeals journey and have in recent months undertaken significant recruitment to ensure we deliver the best service to our customers<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the length of time taken for the transfer of documents between her Department and the Courts and Tribunal Service relating to personal independence payments claimants who are appealing the refusal of their claim in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.<\/p>"}
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The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.<\/p>"}
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Since PIP was introduced 3.5m decisions have been made, of these 9% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned.<\/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\u2019s 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>
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>"}
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Latest figures indicate that since PIP was introduced, 3.5 million decisions have been made up to June 2018, and of these 9% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned at tribunals.<\/p>
<\/p>
The volume of appeals against Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decisions has built up since it was introduced as a new benefit, incrementally over time, from 2013.<\/p>
<\/p>
Waiting times are monitored continually, and in response to recent increases, we have conducted a national recruitment exercise of judicial office-holders as a result of which, 225 new medical members and 119 disability-qualified members have been appointed to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS). Additionally, 250 fee-paid judges and 100 salaried judges are being recruited across tribunals more widely.<\/p>
<\/p>
Five of the newly-appointed fee paid judges, 29 medically qualified panel member and 14 disability qualified panel members have been deployed to sit at SSCS tribunal venues serving the St Helens, Wigan and Liverpool areas.<\/p>
<\/p>
In addition, we have recently launched a new digital service with the aim of enabling speedier processing of appeals and to provide a better service for all parties to the proceedings. This will increase capacity, helping to reduce waiting times for appellants. Information on the new digital service can be found at:<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-online-service-launched-for-pip-appeals<\/p>
We are also taking forward initiatives with potential to increase the capacity and performance of the tribunal: for instance, introducing case management \u201ctriage\u201d 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>"}
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Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is intended to act as a contribution towards the extra<\/em> costs that arise as a result of a long-term health condition or disability. There are nine possible award outcomes and, where applicable, claimants continue to receive their award during the appeal process. Whilst it is acknowledged that waiting for an appeal to be heard can be stressful, equally it would be wrong to pay the benefit at a rate other than that which has already been determined within the law.<\/p>"}
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