Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 5 April 2017 to Question 69580, on personal independence payment: epilepsy, of the 7,100 re-assessment claims for people with a primary disabling condition of epilepsy, how many of those initial decisions were (a) upheld and (b) overturned.

Of the 7,100 Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Mandatory Reconsiderations raised following Disability Living Allowance (DLA) claimants re-assessment for PIP where the primary disabling condition is epilepsy, referenced in the answer to PQ 69580;

a) 6,100 were upheld

b) 1,000 were overturned