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<p>The Northern Irish Assembly has devolved responsibility for social security benefits
including Personal Independence Payment (PIP). Information regarding PIP in Northern
Ireland is therefore the responsibility of the Department for Communities in Northern
Ireland.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Tables 1 and 2 below show, for Scotland and
Wales, the number of decisions, Mandatory Reconsiderations (MRs) and appeals for new
claims for PIP where the initial decision was disallowance post-referral to the Assessment
Provider (AP) due to failing the assessment, for claimants with a primary disability
of Multiple Sclerosis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Table
1: New claims decisions, MRs and appeals where the initial decision was disallowance
post-referral to the AP due to failing the assessment, by year of initial decision
- for claimants in Scotland with a primary disability of Multiple Sclerosis</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Number of decisions</p></td><td><p>Number of decisions changed at
MR</p></td><td><p>Number of decisions overturned at appeal</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan
- Sep 2018</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Table
2: New claims decisions, MRs and appeals where the initial decision was disallowance
post-referral to the AP due to failing the assessment, by year of initial decision
- for claimants in Wales with a primary disability of Multiple Sclerosis</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Number of decisions</p></td><td><p>Number of decisions changed at
MR</p></td><td><p>Number of decisions overturned at appeal</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan
- Sep 2018</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p>Tables 3 and 4 below show, for Scotland and Wales, the number of decisions,
MRs and appeals relating to Disability Living Allowance (DLA) claimants with a primary
disability of Multiple Sclerosis who have undergone a reassessment to PIP.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Table 3: Reassessment decisions,
MRs and appeals by year of initial decision - for claimants in Scotland with a primary
disability of Multiple Sclerosis</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number
of decisions</p></td><td><p>Number of MRs registered</p></td><td><p>Number of decisions
overturned at appeal</p></td><td><p>Number of decisions maintained at appeal</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1,040</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1,180</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan
- Sep 2018</p></td><td><p>530</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="5"><p><strong>Table 4: Reassessment decisions, MRs and appeals by year of
initial decision - for claimants in Wales with a primary disability of Multiple Sclerosis</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Number of decisions</p></td><td><p>Number of MRs registered</p></td><td><p>Number
of decisions overturned at appeal</p></td><td><p>Number of decisions maintained at
appeal</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>920</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan
- Sep 2018</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Since PIP was introduced 3.7m decisions have been made until September 2018
in Great Britain, of these 10% have been appealed and 5% have been overturned.</p><p>
</p><p>We’re committed to ensuring that disabled people get the full support that
they need, and under PIP 52% of people with MS receive the highest possible award,
compared with 39% under the previous benefit DLA. May 2013 is chosen for comparison
as this is the last month with a full DLA caseload prior to claimants being reassessed
from DLA to PIP.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of people who had the mobility award
increased from none or standard rate to the enhanced rate is available from internal
analytical datasets, but to assess the completeness of recording and quality assure
the figures to answer this PQ would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>'#' fewer than
5 decisions in this category.</p><p>The data relates to MRs and appeals recorded up
to September 2018 (the latest published data on appeals). Claimants who have received
benefit decisions more recently may not yet have had time to complete the claimant
journey and progress to appeal.</p><p>PIP data includes normal rules and special rules
for the terminally ill claimants.</p><p>Data is based on primary disabling condition
as recorded on the PIP computer system. Claimants may often have multiple disabling
conditions upon which the decision is based but only the primary condition is shown
in these statistics.</p><p>Appeals data shown in the tables is taken from the DWP
PIP computer system’s management information. Therefore this appeals data may differ
from that held by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons such
as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and
preparing statistics.</p><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><p>Decisions overturned at appeal may
include a number of appeals that have been lapsed (which is where DWP changed the
decision after an appeal was lodged but before it was heard at Tribunal).</p>
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