Asked by: Jonathan Edwards (Independent - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new personal independence payment (PIP) claimants with epilepsy have had their PIP decisions overturned in their favour as a result of an appeal hearing since April 2013.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The information requested for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) New Claims where Epilepsy was listed as a Main Disability in Great Britain can be found in the table below.
Table: PIP new claims for claimants with a primary disabling condition of Epilepsy - initial decisions where PIP was awarded or not, and decisions changed/overturned at the Mandatory Reconsiderations (MRs) or Appeals stage, by financial year of initial decision.
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Financial year of initial decision | Initial Decisions Allowed | Initial Decisions – Disallowed due to failing the assessment | Total | MR – Decision Changed | Appeal – Decision Overturned at Hearing |
2013/14 | 640 | 410 | 1,050 | 50 | 10 |
2014/15 | 3,230 | 4,320 | 7,550 | 200 | 280 |
2015/16 | 1,110 | 4,440 | 5,550 | 130 | 370 |
2016/17 | 990 | 4,190 | 5,170 | 120 | 400 |
2017/18 | 1,780 | 4,380 | 6,160 | 270 | 400 |
2018/19 | 2,920 | 2,200 | 5,130 | 120 | 30 |
Total Decisions | 10,670 | 19,940 | 30,600 | 880 | 1,490 |
Since PIP was introduced 3.9m decisions have been made in Great Britain across all health conditions up to December 2018, of these 10% have been appealed and 5% have been overturned.
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. The disability subgroup of Epilepsy in the PIP Computer System includes Cataplexy, Generalised seizures (with status epilepticus in last 12 months), Generalised seizures (without status epilepticus in last 12 months), Narcolepsy, Partial seizures (with status epilepticus in last 12 months), Partial seizures (without status epilepticus in last 12 months) and Seizures - unclassified. In the application process, claimants’ primary disabling condition is only recorded for collation by the Department at assessment.
PIP data includes normal rules and special rules for the terminally ill claimants, and is for new claims only, and therefore excludes DLA reassessment claims.
Data has been rounded to the nearest 10.
Appeals data taken from the DWP PIP computer system’s management information. Therefore this 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.
MR and appeals data include people who were awarded PIP at initial decision. An appeal can only be made against a decision which have gone through the MR process. The number of people who had a decision changed at MR and the number of people who had a decision changed at a tribunal appeal cannot be added together.
Claimants who have received benefit decisions more recently may not yet have had time to complete the claimant journey and progress to appeal.
Asked by: Jonathan Edwards (Independent - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new personal independence payment (PIP) claimants with epilepsy have had their PIP decisions overturned in their favour as a result of a mandatory reconsideration since April 2013.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The information requested for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) New Claims where Epilepsy was listed as a Main Disability in Great Britain can be found in the table below.
Table: PIP new claims for claimants with a primary disabling condition of Epilepsy - initial decisions where PIP was awarded or not, and decisions changed/overturned at the Mandatory Reconsiderations (MRs) or Appeals stage, by financial year of initial decision.
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| All Initial Decisions, of which: | |
Financial year of initial decision | Initial Decisions Allowed | Initial Decisions – Disallowed due to failing the assessment | Total | MR – Decision Changed | Appeal – Decision Overturned at Hearing |
2013/14 | 640 | 410 | 1,050 | 50 | 10 |
2014/15 | 3,230 | 4,320 | 7,550 | 200 | 280 |
2015/16 | 1,110 | 4,440 | 5,550 | 130 | 370 |
2016/17 | 990 | 4,190 | 5,170 | 120 | 400 |
2017/18 | 1,780 | 4,380 | 6,160 | 270 | 400 |
2018/19 | 2,920 | 2,200 | 5,130 | 120 | 30 |
Total Decisions | 10,670 | 19,940 | 30,600 | 880 | 1,490 |
Since PIP was introduced 3.9m decisions have been made in Great Britain across all health conditions up to December 2018, of these 10% have been appealed and 5% have been overturned.
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. The disability subgroup of Epilepsy in the PIP Computer System includes Cataplexy, Generalised seizures (with status epilepticus in last 12 months), Generalised seizures (without status epilepticus in last 12 months), Narcolepsy, Partial seizures (with status epilepticus in last 12 months), Partial seizures (without status epilepticus in last 12 months) and Seizures - unclassified. In the application process, claimants’ primary disabling condition is only recorded for collation by the Department at assessment.
PIP data includes normal rules and special rules for the terminally ill claimants, and is for new claims only, and therefore excludes DLA reassessment claims.
Data has been rounded to the nearest 10.
Appeals data taken from the DWP PIP computer system’s management information. Therefore this 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.
MR and appeals data include people who were awarded PIP at initial decision. An appeal can only be made against a decision which have gone through the MR process. The number of people who had a decision changed at MR and the number of people who had a decision changed at a tribunal appeal cannot be added together.
Claimants who have received benefit decisions more recently may not yet have had time to complete the claimant journey and progress to appeal.
Asked by: Jonathan Edwards (Independent - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new personal independence payment claimants with epilepsy have had their claim (a) accepted and (b) rejected since April 2013.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The information requested for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) New Claims where Epilepsy was listed as a Main Disability in Great Britain can be found in the table below.
Table: PIP new claims for claimants with a primary disabling condition of Epilepsy - initial decisions where PIP was awarded or not, and decisions changed/overturned at the Mandatory Reconsiderations (MRs) or Appeals stage, by financial year of initial decision.
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| All Initial Decisions, of which: | |
Financial year of initial decision | Initial Decisions Allowed | Initial Decisions – Disallowed due to failing the assessment | Total | MR – Decision Changed | Appeal – Decision Overturned at Hearing |
2013/14 | 640 | 410 | 1,050 | 50 | 10 |
2014/15 | 3,230 | 4,320 | 7,550 | 200 | 280 |
2015/16 | 1,110 | 4,440 | 5,550 | 130 | 370 |
2016/17 | 990 | 4,190 | 5,170 | 120 | 400 |
2017/18 | 1,780 | 4,380 | 6,160 | 270 | 400 |
2018/19 | 2,920 | 2,200 | 5,130 | 120 | 30 |
Total Decisions | 10,670 | 19,940 | 30,600 | 880 | 1,490 |
Since PIP was introduced 3.9m decisions have been made in Great Britain across all health conditions up to December 2018, of these 10% have been appealed and 5% have been overturned.
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. The disability subgroup of Epilepsy in the PIP Computer System includes Cataplexy, Generalised seizures (with status epilepticus in last 12 months), Generalised seizures (without status epilepticus in last 12 months), Narcolepsy, Partial seizures (with status epilepticus in last 12 months), Partial seizures (without status epilepticus in last 12 months) and Seizures - unclassified. In the application process, claimants’ primary disabling condition is only recorded for collation by the Department at assessment.
PIP data includes normal rules and special rules for the terminally ill claimants, and is for new claims only, and therefore excludes DLA reassessment claims.
Data has been rounded to the nearest 10.
Appeals data taken from the DWP PIP computer system’s management information. Therefore this 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.
MR and appeals data include people who were awarded PIP at initial decision. An appeal can only be made against a decision which have gone through the MR process. The number of people who had a decision changed at MR and the number of people who had a decision changed at a tribunal appeal cannot be added together.
Claimants who have received benefit decisions more recently may not yet have had time to complete the claimant journey and progress to appeal.
Asked by: Jonathan Edwards (Independent - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of armed forces veterans in receipt of disability and work-related benefits.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
At 31 October 2017, there are 9801 recipients of Armed Forces Independence Payment (AFIP). AFIP, developed in conjunction with the Ministry of Defence and introduced from April 2013, is designed to provide financial support to service personnel and veterans seriously injured as a result of service to cover the extra costs they may have as a result of their injury.
The information requested in relation to other disability and work-related benefits is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Notes
1 Clerical data, rounded to the nearest 10.
Asked by: Jonathan Edwards (Independent - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to uprate the annual Christmas bonus for recipients of benefits.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
There are no plans to uprate the annual Christmas Bonus. The bonus was initially introduced as a one-off payment of £10 in 1972, and has not been uprated or increased on a yearly basis. It was introduced to provide additional financial support at a time of high inflation. It is now an established feature of the social security system.
Asked by: Jonathan Edwards (Independent - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the annual cost for the Christmas bonus for recipients of benefits was in each of the last five years.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The annual cost of the Christmas Bonus is published in DWP’s Benefit Expenditure and Caseload tables (Table_1a):
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-expenditure-tables
Asked by: Jonathan Edwards (Independent - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people in Carmarthenshire had their disability benefits stopped as the result of an assessment in the last 12 months.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Such information as is available on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) clearances by type (e.g. awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) for both new claims and reassessed claims (for those previously in receipt of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is available at Great Britain, Regional, Parliamentary Constituency and Local Authority level, and is published on Gov.UK: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk
Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html.
Further information on PIP statistics, including PIP award rates for both new claims and reassessed claims by geography, can also be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics.
Asked by: Jonathan Edwards (Independent - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Carmarthenshire are in receipt of disability benefits.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Information on the number of people claiming (i.e. entitled to) Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance, by geography is published and available at: http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/tabtool.html
Guidance for users can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance
Information on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) cases in payment, for both new claims and reassessed claims (for those previously in receipt of Disability Living Allowance (DLA)), by geography is published and available at: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk
Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html.
Asked by: Jonathan Edwards (Independent - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases have come before the Court of Appeal challenging the lawfulness of the under-occupancy penalty on the grounds of the effect of that policy on (a) victims of domestic violence and (b) seriously disabled children who need overnight care.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
(a) One victim of domestic violence has challenged the removal of the spare room subsidy in the Court of Appeal.
(b) One challenge in the Court of Appeal from a case with a disabled child who requires overnight care from a non-resident carer.
Asked by: Jonathan Edwards (Independent - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to take into account the particular effects of different health conditions in implementation of its welfare reform policies.
Answered by Mark Harper - Secretary of State for Transport
Eligibility for disability benefits is assessed based on the functional impact of a claimant’s health condition or disability, rather than the condition or disability itself.
The Department keeps its disability benefits, including Employment and Support Allowance and Personal Independent Payment, and the assessments used to determine eligibility for these under review.