Baroness Hollis of Heigham
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(8 years, 2 months ago)
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Baroness Altmann
A very small number of the cases actually go to appeal. At this moment we are confident that the processes in place are doing the work that they need to do.
Baroness Hollis of Heigham (Lab)
My Lords, I estimate that perhaps 200,000 people who currently have Motability cars will lose them as a result of the PIP activity. Very many of them will appeal, and they will win. Given that the Minister has accepted, admitted and shared with the House that the appeals procedure is infinitely more reliable than the original PIP decision by virtue of the additional information that it has, can I ask her to reflect on the previous answer that she gave so that people can keep their cars until their appeal has been completed?
Baroness Altmann
The current level of appeals is extremely low and we do not wish to give people any incentive to appeal. I also point out to noble Lords that more people are getting Motability cars now than before PIP was introduced.