Personal Independence Payment: Dementia

(asked on 20th March 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with dementia have had a personal independence payment re-assessment in each year since 2015.


Answered by
Justin Tomlinson Portrait
Justin Tomlinson
This question was answered on 25th March 2019

The table below shows the number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) reassessments, comprising of award reviews and changes of circumstances reviews for claimants who had a main disabling condition of Dementia at the point a decision was made in each financial year from April 2015 to October 2018.

The figures below represent the number of claims, not the number of people that have had an Award Review or Change of Circumstances Review; and shows only the first Award Review for each claim.

Table 1: Breakdown of award reviews and changes of circumstances Reviews by Financial Year for PIP claimants with Dementia.

Financial Year

Award Review

Changes of Circumstances

Total

2015/16

290

110

400

2016/17

800

250

1,050

2017/18

960

300

1,270

2018/19*

590

220

800

Total

2,640

880

3,520

*Covers April 2018-October 2018 only.

Source: PIP ADS

Notes:

  • Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. Components may not sum to totals due to rounding.
  • Main disabling condition is as recorded on the PIP Computer System (PIPCS) at time of award review or change of circumstances decision. Claimants' main disabling condition may have changed since their original claim was successful. Claimants may have multiple disabling conditions in which case only the main disabling condition, as decided at assessment, is recorded.
  • Definition of award review: The claimant reached their scheduled review date and the Department has sent them a PIP2 form (prior to 25th June 2016) or an AR1 form (post 25th June 2016). Only one Award review registration per review date is included in this data.
  • Definition of change of circumstances: The claimant informed the Department of a change in their circumstances which may lead to a change in award. The claimant has been sent a PIP2 form (if Normal Rules).
  • Award reviews and change of circumstances which are subsequently cancelled by the DWP are excluded.
  • Data includes cases which were originally new claims or DLA to PIP reassessments and claims made under both Normal Rules and Special Rules for Terminally Ill people.
  • A financial year starts on 1st April and concludes on 31st March the following calendar year.
  • Great Britain only.
  • This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.
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