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.
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.