{ "format" : "linked-data-api", "version" : "0.2", "result" : {"_about" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?hansardHeading=Personal+Independence+Payment%3A+Appeals&writtenParliamentaryQuestionType=Ordinary", "definition" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/meta/answeredquestions.text?hansardHeading=Personal+Independence+Payment%3A+Appeals&writtenParliamentaryQuestionType=Ordinary", "extendedMetadataVersion" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?_metadata=all&hansardHeading=Personal+Independence+Payment%3A+Appeals&writtenParliamentaryQuestionType=Ordinary", "first" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?_page=0&hansardHeading=Personal+Independence+Payment%3A+Appeals&writtenParliamentaryQuestionType=Ordinary", "hasPart" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?hansardHeading=Personal+Independence+Payment%3A+Appeals&writtenParliamentaryQuestionType=Ordinary", "isPartOf" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?hansardHeading=Personal+Independence+Payment%3A+Appeals&writtenParliamentaryQuestionType=Ordinary", "items" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1698643", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1698643/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is not an income replacement benefit. It is paid to help with the additional costs that arise from long term health conditions or disability where they impact on the activities set out in legislation. Claimants are assessed against the legislative criteria and a decision on entitlement is made by a DWP decision maker.<\/p><p>In line with the legislative requirement, applicable to most social security benefits, we continue to apply the latest decision on a PIP award until such time as a new decision is made. Payment of PIP after a claim has been disallowed, or at a rate higher than the latest decision whilst an individual is waiting for an appeal hearing could lead to inappropriate expenditure of public funds. If a subsequent first-tier tribunal decides to reinstate PIP, or give a higher award, then the Department will backdate any payments due, in line with the new decision.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4513", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mims Davies"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of paying people who are waiting for the outcome of their Personal Independence Payment appeal at the rate they received before their last decision.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4799", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Charlotte Nichols"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1690853", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1690853/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Analysis of unpublished Personal Independence Payment (PIP) data held by DWP provides data on why decisions by DWP decision makers have been overturned at a tribunal hearing between January 2014 and September 2023 and is shown annually in the tables below. This information is taken from Decision Notices and recorded on the PIP computer system.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>This data only provides one reason per appeal why decisions by DWP decision makers have been overturned at a tribunal hearing, and therefore may not give the full story as there may be other reasons.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Appeals data is taken from the DWP PIP computer system\u2019s management information. Therefore, this appeal data may differ from that held by His Majesty\u2019s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>These figures are the result of a complex data match across a number of data sets. This data is unpublished data. It should be used with caution, and it may be subject to future revision.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Learning from this information, we have made improvements to our decision-making processes to help ensure we make the right decision as early as possible in the claim journey. We have introduced a new approach to decision making at both the initial decision and the Mandatory Reconsideration stage, giving Decision Makers additional time to proactively contact customers where they think additional evidence may support the claim.<\/p><p /><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan=\"2\"><p><strong>Summary reason DWP decision<br> overturned at Tribunal hearing<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td colspan=\"10\"><p><strong>Appeal clearance year<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2014<\/p><\/td><td><p>2015<\/p><\/td><td><p>2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>2017<\/p><\/td><td><p>2018<\/p><\/td><td><p>2019<\/p><\/td><td><p>2020<\/p><\/td><td><p>2021<\/p><\/td><td><p>2022<\/p><\/td><td><p>2023 (to September)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Cogent documentary evidence<br> supplied at the appeal<\/p><\/td><td><p>100<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,000<\/p><\/td><td><p>6,300<\/p><\/td><td><p>5,000<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,400<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,600<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,900<\/p><\/td><td><p>400<\/p><\/td><td><p>200<\/p><\/td><td><p>300<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Cogent oral evidence<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,100<\/p><\/td><td><p>14,700<\/p><\/td><td><p>22,900<\/p><\/td><td><p>26,500<\/p><\/td><td><p>25,100<\/p><\/td><td><p>26,200<\/p><\/td><td><p>11,800<\/p><\/td><td><p>8,800<\/p><\/td><td><p>8,800<\/p><\/td><td><p>11,800<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Reached a different conclusion on<br> substantially the same facts<\/p><\/td><td><p>200<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,900<\/p><\/td><td><p>7,700<\/p><\/td><td><p>13,600<\/p><\/td><td><p>21,100<\/p><\/td><td><p>24,600<\/p><\/td><td><p>26,100<\/p><\/td><td><p>16,300<\/p><\/td><td><p>16,700<\/p><\/td><td><p>17,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Other<\/p><\/td><td><p>100<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,300<\/p><\/td><td><p>5,200<\/p><\/td><td><p>8,200<\/p><\/td><td><p>7,600<\/p><\/td><td><p>7,100<\/p><\/td><td><p>5,000<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,900<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,900<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan=\"2\"><p><strong>Summary reason DWP decision<br> overturned at Tribunal hearing<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td colspan=\"10\"><p><strong>Appeal clearance year<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2014<\/p><\/td><td><p>2015<\/p><\/td><td><p>2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>2017<\/p><\/td><td><p>2018<\/p><\/td><td><p>2019<\/p><\/td><td><p>2020<\/p><\/td><td><p>2021<\/p><\/td><td><p>2022<\/p><\/td><td><p>2023 (to September)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Cogent documentary evidence<br> supplied at the appeal<\/p><\/td><td><p>6%<\/p><\/td><td><p>9%<\/p><\/td><td><p>15%<\/p><\/td><td><p>9%<\/p><\/td><td><p>8%<\/p><\/td><td><p>4%<\/p><\/td><td><p>4%<\/p><\/td><td><p>1%<\/p><\/td><td><p>1%<\/p><\/td><td><p>1%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Cogent oral evidence<\/p><\/td><td><p>75%<\/p><\/td><td><p>67%<\/p><\/td><td><p>54%<\/p><\/td><td><p>50%<\/p><\/td><td><p>43%<\/p><\/td><td><p>43%<\/p><\/td><td><p>26%<\/p><\/td><td><p>32%<\/p><\/td><td><p>32%<\/p><\/td><td><p>37%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Reached a different conclusion on<br> substantially the same facts<\/p><\/td><td><p>14%<\/p><\/td><td><p>13%<\/p><\/td><td><p>18%<\/p><\/td><td><p>26%<\/p><\/td><td><p>36%<\/p><\/td><td><p>41%<\/p><\/td><td><p>58%<\/p><\/td><td><p>60%<\/p><\/td><td><p>61%<\/p><\/td><td><p>56%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Other<\/p><\/td><td><p>4%<\/p><\/td><td><p>10%<\/p><\/td><td><p>12%<\/p><\/td><td><p>15%<\/p><\/td><td><p>13%<\/p><\/td><td><p>12%<\/p><\/td><td><p>11%<\/p><\/td><td><p>7%<\/p><\/td><td><p>7%<\/p><\/td><td><p>6%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p>Note:<\/p><ul><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred and percentages to the nearest percent.<\/li><\/ul>"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mims Davies"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-02-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-02-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Personal Independence Payment: Appeals"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what number and proportion of Personal Independence Payment decisions overturned at tribunal were due to (a) the tribunal panel drawing a different conclusion based on the same evidence, (b) oral evidence given by the individual and (c) new written evidence provided at the hearing in each year for which data is available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4493", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Richard Burgon"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Richard Burgon"}
      ], "uin" : "15121"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1684209", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1684209/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The table below shows the number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decisions overturned at Tribunal by reason between January 2021 and September 2023.<\/p><p>These figures are the result of a complex data match across a number of data sets. This data is unpublished data and should therefore be used with caution, as it may be subject to future revision.<\/p><p>To note, this information is taken from Decision Notices and recorded on the PIP computer system.<\/p><p>This data only provides one reason per appeal why decisions by DWP decision makers have been overturned at a tribunal hearing, and therefore may not give the full story as there may be other or multiple reasons.<\/p><p>Appeals data is taken from the DWP PIP computer system\u2019s management information. Therefore, this appeal data may differ from that held by Her Majesty\u2019s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.<\/p><p>As with all DWP processes, we continuously review and have made improvements to our decision-making processes to help ensure we make the right decision as early as possible in the claim journey. We have introduced a new approach to decision making at both the initial decision and the Mandatory Reconsideration stage, giving Decision Makers additional time to proactively contact customers where they think additional evidence may support the claim.<\/p><p>The feedback from Presenting Officers is done on a case-by-case basis and only at a local level. Whilst trends are identified to help inform future decision making - this includes feeding back to Healthcare Professionals - there are no plans to consolidate and publish the feedback in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan=\"2\"><p><strong>Summary reason DWP decision<br> overturned at Tribunal hearing<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td colspan=\"3\"><p><strong>Appeal Clearance Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2021<\/p><\/td><td><p>2022<\/p><\/td><td><p>2023 (up to September)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>New written evidence provided at hearing<\/p><\/td><td><p>400<\/p><\/td><td><p>200<\/p><\/td><td><p>300<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Cogent Oral Evidence<\/p><\/td><td><p>8,800<\/p><\/td><td><p>8,800<\/p><\/td><td><p>11,800<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Reached a Different Conclusion on<br> Substantially the Same Facts<\/p><\/td><td><p>16,300<\/p><\/td><td><p>16,700<\/p><\/td><td><p>17,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Other<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,900<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,900<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4513", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mims Davies"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mims Davies"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-01-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-01-30T17:44:02.263Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-01-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Personal Independence Payment: Appeals"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2023 to Question 7225 on Personal Independence Payment: Appeals, if he will publish the (a) number and proportion of personal independence payment claims overturned by Tribunal, broken down by primary reason, and (b) feedback provided by his Department's Presenting Officers for each of the last three years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4676", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Marsha De Cordova"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Marsha De Cordova"}
      ], "uin" : "10905"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1683208", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1683208/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>A lapsed appeal is where DWP changed the decision in the customer\u2019s 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 provided is for the last five financial years.<\/p><p> <\/p><p><strong>Table 1: Appeals registered for each financial year and how many were subsequently lapsed<\/strong><\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Appeals registered<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Appeals subsequently lapsed<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2018-19<\/p><\/td><td><p>94,000<\/p><\/td><td><p>18,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2019-20<\/p><\/td><td><p>82,000<\/p><\/td><td><p>27,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2020-21<\/p><\/td><td><p>55,000<\/p><\/td><td><p>23,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2021-22<\/p><\/td><td><p>50,000<\/p><\/td><td><p>17,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2022-23<\/p><\/td><td><p>81,000<\/p><\/td><td><p>18,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><strong> <\/strong><\/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 from April 2018 to March 2023 and any lapsed appeals related to these appeal registrations up to the 30<sup>th<\/sup> September 2023, the latest date for which published data is available.<\/li><li>Appeals data has been taken from DWP PIP customer system\u2019s management information. Therefore, this appeal data may differ from that held by His Majesty\u2019s 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>"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-01-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Personal Independence Payment: Appeals"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals against Personal Independence Payment decisions were lapsed by her Department in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4493", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Richard Burgon"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Richard Burgon"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1683209", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1683209/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The reasons for Personal Independence Payment decisions being overturned at Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) are evaluated locally on a case-by-case basis, and we continue to learn from this. The Department\u2019s overarching focus at the MR stage is on ensuring that each application is thoroughly reviewed, including considering all available evidence and contacting the claimant where necessary. Decisions will be changed at the MR stage where the evidence supports this, resolving disputes as early as possible and reducing the need to appeal.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4513", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mims Davies"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mims Davies"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-01-25", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-01-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the reasons for Personal Independence Payment decisions being overturned at mandatory reconsideration in 2022-23.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4493", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Richard Burgon"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1681583/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The monthly average clearance time of a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) can be found in the latest PIP quarterly release: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-statistics-to-october-2023\" target=\"_blank\">Personal Independence Payment statistics to October 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)<\/a>.<\/p><p>In particular, the figures on MR average clearance times can be found in Table 4A in the Customer Journey <a href=\"https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6580582295bf65000d71922a/tables-pip-statistics-to-october-2023-eng-wales.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\">Excel<\/a>.<\/p>"}
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        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Mid Sussex"}
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      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-01-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Personal Independence Payment: Appeals"}
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      , "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 estimate has been made of the average length of time between submission of a PIP mandatory reconsideration and the decision.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1548", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jessica Morden"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newport East"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jessica Morden"}
      ], "uin" : "9198"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1679207", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1679207/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>A lapsed appeal is where DWP changed the decision in the customer\u2019s 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\u2019s management information. Therefore, this appeal data may differ from that held by His Majesty\u2019s 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>"}
        , "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" : "2024-01-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-01-11T12:05:22.47Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
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      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-12-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Personal Independence Payment: Appeals"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals against Personal Independence Payment decisions were lapsed by her Department in the latest period for which data is available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4463", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chris Stephens"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Glasgow South West"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Chris Stephens"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1661352", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1661352/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Information about appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at: <a href=\"http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics\" target=\"_blank\">www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics<\/a>.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>As of 30 June (the latest period for which data are available), the total number of Personal Independence Payment<sup>1<\/sup> appeals awaiting a tribunal hearing was 31,276 (7,111 of which are listed for hearing and 24,165 are ready to list).<\/p><p> <\/p><ol><li>Personal Independence Payment (New Claim Appeals), which replaces Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Claims (Reassessments).<\/li><\/ol><p> <\/p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data that are available. The data may differ slightly from that of the published statistics as these data were run on a different date.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4004", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mike Freer"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Finchley and Golders Green"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mike Freer"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2023-10-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2023-10-16T14:10:38.993Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
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      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-09-18", "_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 Justice, how many Personal Independence Payment applicants are awaiting a tribunal hearing.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4615", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Brighton, Kemptown"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lloyd Russell-Moyle"}
      ], "uin" : "200069"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1653996", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1653996/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The number of PIP mandatory reconsiderations registered, and the number and proportion of mandatory reconsiderations that were successful, is available on Stat-Xplore: <a href=\"https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/<\/a>. In particular, you may be interested in the \u2018PIP MR Registrations\u2019 and \u2018PIP MR Clearances\u2019 tables. These tables can be broken down by month and \u2018PIP MR clearances\u2019 can be broken down by \u2018MR decision\u2019.<\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href=\"https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html<\/a>.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4369", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Tom Pursglove"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Corby"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Tom Pursglove"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2023-07-26", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2023-07-26T09:21:45.133Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-07-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Personal Independence Payment: Appeals"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many mandatory reconsiderations were lodged by PIP claimants in each year since 2017; and how many and what proportion of these challenges were successful.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4811", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Navendu Mishra"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Stockport"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Navendu Mishra"}
      ], "uin" : "194923"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1644886", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1644886/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>We can confirm that the department holds some of the information requested. We have numbered your questions and our response to each, for ease of reference.<\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><ol><li><strong>Extensions to Review forms<\/strong><\/li><\/ol><p>The information requested (extensions and acceptance status) is not readily available, and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The department recognises the importance of claimants having the opportunity to provide information, and evidence about their disabilities, and health conditions, in their review forms in support of their awards, and there are existing provisions available that allow additional time, and support, to those who require it.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>For Personal Independence Payment (PIP), safeguards are already in place to allow for additional time for claimants to submit their Award Review 1 (AR1) form. Claimants can ask for additional time to complete their AR1 form and can do so on more than one occasion.<\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><ol start=\"2\"><li><strong>Return of Review forms<\/strong><\/li><\/ol><p><br> The information requested for on-time and late AR1 form returns is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Data for AR1 forms not returned has been provided in the table below. Data is available up to the end of April 2023, but since the default time allowance for returning an AR1 form is 40 days, the latest two months of data for AR1 forms issued have not been included. It is worth noting there are multiple reasons a form may not be returned within 40 days, or at all, without a resulting disallowance. For example, where a claimant has an additional support marker, or where an extension has been granted. On average, only 7% of claimants in the time period, who received AR1 forms, were disallowed for non-return.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Table 1 below shows, for each of the latest 12 months of useable data, how many AR1 forms were issued and how many, and what proportion, were not returned by the end of available data. This will include claimants who have not returned their form, but have not been disallowed for the reasons explained previously.<\/p><p><br> Table 1: Number and proportion of AR1 forms not returned by 30<sup>th<\/sup> April 2023<\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month AR1 form was issued<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Total number of AR1 forms sent out in month<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Number of AR1 forms not returned by 30th April 2023<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Proportion of AR1 forms not returned by 30th April 2023<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mar 22<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>42,600<\/p><\/td><td><p>12,900<\/p><\/td><td><p>30%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr 22<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>42,800<\/p><\/td><td><p>11,300<\/p><\/td><td><p>26%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>May 22<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>46,600<\/p><\/td><td><p>12,500<\/p><\/td><td><p>27%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jun 22<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>48,600<\/p><\/td><td><p>12,200<\/p><\/td><td><p>25%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jul 22<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>48,600<\/p><\/td><td><p>11,900<\/p><\/td><td><p>24%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Aug 22<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>55,000<\/p><\/td><td><p>13,500<\/p><\/td><td><p>25%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sep 22<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>52,700<\/p><\/td><td><p>13,100<\/p><\/td><td><p>25%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct 22<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>48,600<\/p><\/td><td><p>12,600<\/p><\/td><td><p>26%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nov 22<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>53,000<\/p><\/td><td><p>13,400<\/p><\/td><td><p>25%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dec 22<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>51,200<\/p><\/td><td><p>10,000<\/p><\/td><td><p>19%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan 23<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>60,200<\/p><\/td><td><p>15,000<\/p><\/td><td><p>25%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Feb 23<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>49,500<\/p><\/td><td><p>14,300<\/p><\/td><td><p>29%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p>Data Source: PIP Atomic Data Source (ADS)<\/p><p> <\/p><p><strong>Notes:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100;<\/li><li>Data for England and Wales only;<\/li><li>Data excludes claimants with special rules for the terminally ill.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><ol start=\"3\"><li><strong>Telephone calls regarding Review forms<\/strong><\/li><\/ol><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><p>The information requested (telephony figures for those relating to AR1 forms) is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.<\/p>"}
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        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2023-06-27", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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        ]}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-06-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask His Majesty's Government (1) how many, and what proportion of, existing claimants receiving Personal Independence Payment Review forms in each of the past 12 months have (a) requested an extension, (b) had their request accepted, or (c) had their request rejected; (2) how many, and what proportion of, Personal Independence Payment Review forms issued in each of the past 12 months have been (a) returned on time, (b) returned late, and (c) not returned; and (3) how many, and what proportion of, claimants making a telephone call regarding a Personal Independence Payment Review form in the past 12 months have (a) waited on hold for longer than 60 minutes, or (b) had their call disconnected.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/478", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead"}
      }
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