Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

(asked on 17th May 2024) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in Aberavon constituency have had personal independence payments overturned as a result of an appeal hearing in each year for which data is available.


Answered by
Mims Davies Portrait
Mims Davies
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 22nd May 2024

Table 1 shows the number and percentage of initial decision awards for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) that were changed after an appeal tribunal hearing, in the Aberavon constituency by the financial year of the initial decision.

Table 1

Financial Year of Initial Decision

Initial Decisions Overturned at Tribunal Hearing

% PIP Initial Decisions Overturned at Tribunal Hearing

All Initial Decisions

2013/14

0

4%

80

2014/15

110

7%

1,620

2015/16

130

10%

1,380

2016/17

350

12%

2,880

2017/18

100

9%

1,200

2018/19

80

9%

920

2019/20

80

8%

1,040

2020/21

30

4%

820

2021/22

60

6%

1,090

2022/23

70

5%

1,440

2023/24*

10

1%

740

Table 2 shows the number and percentage of Award Reviews (AR) and Change of Circumstances (CoC) decisions for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) that were changed after an appeal tribunal hearing, in the Aberavon constituency by the financial year of the AR or CoC decision.

Table 2

Financial Year of AR or CoC decision

AR/CoC Decisions Overturned at Tribunal Hearing

% PIP AR/CoC Decisions Overturned at Tribunal Hearing

All AR and CoC Decisions

2016/17

40

10%

370

2017/18

50

8%

590

2018/19

80

9%

870

2019/20

20

3%

690

2020/21

20

2%

850

2021/22

10

2%

830

2022/23

20

2%

920

2023/24*

10

1%

600

Please note:

  • Figures in Table 1 and Table 2 are rounded to the nearest 10.
  • Percentages in Table 1 and Table 2 are calculated using unrounded figures, then rounded to the nearest percent.
  • These figures include initial decisions (New Claims, reassessments from Disability Living Allowance (DLA)), award reviews and change of circumstances to 30th September 2023, the latest date for which published data is available.
  • These figures include appeal outcomes up to 31st December 2023, the latest date for which published data is available. Note that more appeals could be made and completed after December 2023, so numbers may change as it can take some time for an appeal to be lodged and then cleared after the initial decision, award review or change of circumstances.
  • The 2023/24 financial year does not contain a full year of data.
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