Social Security Benefits: Disability

(asked on 11th January 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the accuracy of decisions on the right to (a) Employment Support Allowance; (b) Universal Credit Limited Capability for Work and (c) Personal Independence Payments for people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
Tom Pursglove Portrait
Tom Pursglove
Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
This question was answered on 16th January 2023

The department is committed to making the right decision as early as possible in the claims process. At each stage of the decision-making process, all material evidence is carefully considered to help ensure that the decision made is as accurate as possible. Of the 4.7 million PIP initial decisions made from April 2013 to June 2022, 4% have been overturned at appeal. Similarly, of the 3.3 million ESA WCA decisions completed for claims with start dates between October 2013 and March 2022, 2% have been overturned at appeal. Similar information on the accuracy of Universal Credit WCA decisions is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

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