Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals relating to claims for (a) personal independence payment and (b) employment and support allowance have (i) been heard at Tribunal and (ii) overturned her Department's original decision in each year for which information is available.

Information about the volumes and outcomes of appeals made to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS), including Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), is published at:

www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics

Latest figures indicate that since PIP was introduced, 3.5 million decisions have been made up to June 2018, and of these 9% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned at Tribunals. For ESA, 3.5m ESA (post Work Capability Assessment) decisions have been made between April 2014 and March 2018 and of these 8% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned at tribunals.