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<p /> <p>The First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support), administered
by HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS), hears appeals against Department for
Work and Pensions’ (DWP) decisions on a range of benefits, including a person’s entitlement
to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Disability Living Allowance (DLA).</p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p>The number of individuals living in the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency
who applied for PIP and the outcomes of those applications, between April 2013 and
July 2014, can be found in published DWP statistics available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-july-2014.</p><p>
</p><p>HMCTS does not keep data on the proportion of benefit claimants who choose
to appeal the DWP’s final decision. In the period June 2013 to June 2014, 61 PIP appeals
were lodged in the Tribunal venue in Hamilton which serves appellants living in the
Motherwell and Wishaw constituency and other nearby locations.</p><p> </p><p>Between
June 2012 and June 2013 966 appeals against decisions made by DWP on claims for DLA
were lodged at the Hamilton venue.</p>
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