Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Personal Independence Payment applicants were awaiting a (a) decision (b) mandatory reconsideration decision and (c) tribunal hearing on 20 April 2023.

For questions a) and b), data in line with the relevant latest published statistics has been provided, rather than the requested 20^th April 2023.

a) The number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) applicants who were awaiting a decision in January 2023 was 207,000.

Source: PIP Atomic Data Store (ADS).

Notes:

• Data excludes Scotland, in line with the latest published figures on PIP;
• Figure is for new claims normal rules only; and
• Figure is rounded to the nearest 1,000.

b) There were 12,800 PIP mandatory reconsiderations awaiting a decision on 30^th September 2022.

Source: PIP ADS.

Notes:

• Figure is rounded to the nearest 100;
• Data excludes Scotland, in line with the latest published figures on PIP; and
• The figure includes initial decisions following assessment for PIP (New Claims and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) Reassessments) up to 30^th September 2022, the latest date for which published data is available.

c) There were 36,400 PIP claims awaiting a tribunal hearing in December 2022. This figure has been provided by the Ministry of Justice.

Notes:

• Figure is for PIP including DLA Reassessments;
• Management information reflects the data held on the case management system, which is subject to change, and can differ from the quality-assured MOJ official statistics, which form the agreed definitive position; and
• Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that the data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when data are used.