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<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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