Social Security Benefits
(asked on 3rd May 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the proportion of mandatory reconsiderations for (a) PIP and (b) ESA applications which changed the original assessment in each of the last 12 months.
The department constantly monitors its performance in relation to Mandatory Reconsideration, making improvements as necessary, in order to ensure that the highest standards of decision making are maintained. The links below include the most recently published MR outcomes fro PIP and ESA.
The number of Personal Independent Payment (PIP) mandatory reconsiderations (MRs) cleared, by decision type, can be found in the official published statistics: “Data tables: Personal Independence Payment: Official Statistics to January 2017”. The relevant data can be found in Table 7b.
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-january-2018
The number of MRs for Employment Support Allowance (ESA), by decision type, can be found in the official published statistics: “ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments including mandatory reconsiderations and appeals: March 2018”. The relevant data can be found in Table 14.