Personal Independence Payment

(asked on 9th June 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people he expects to (a) be assessed for and (b) receive decisions on applications for personal independence payments in each of the next five years.


Answered by
Mike Penning Portrait
Mike Penning
This question was answered on 12th June 2014

The information is in the tables:

(‘000s)

2014/5

2015/6

2016/7

2017/8

2018/9

PIP new claims

386

378

381

381

387

PIP reassessed claims

191

401

754

369

34

Total PIP claims

577

779

1135

750

421

PIP new claims decisions

600

373

379

387

380

PIP reassessed claims decisions

152

337

746

490

34

Total PIP decisions

752

710

1124

877

414

Source: Budget 14 forecasts

Notes:

· Decisions in a year will be for claims in that year and the previous year

· Reassessed claims are claims from individuals currently on DLA who have been invited to apply for PIP     

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