Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants have had their (a) personal independence payment and (b) employment and support allowance claims disallowed or closed as a result of a failure to attend or failure to participate notice.
In respect to Personal Independence Payment (PIP), I would like to refer you to the detailed statistics that can be found in Stat-Xplore: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/.
The latest available data on PIP includes clearances split by geographical area (local authority and parliamentary constituency) and by type of clearance (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) for both new claims and reassessed claims.
Clearance type details can be broken down by Awarded and Disallowed which includes ‘Disallowed post-referral to the AP due to failing to attend assessment appointment’.
Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html
In respect of Employment and Support Allowance, the information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.