Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
(asked on 17th May 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals against Personal Independence Payment decisions were lapsed by her Department as at the latest date for which data is available.
This question was answered on 23rd May 2022
The table below provides information on Personal Independence Payment appeal registrations and lapses for both the whole of Great Britain and for Scotland, between 1st April 2013 and 31st December 2021.
GB Appeals registered | GB Appeals lapsed | Scotland Appeals registered | Scotland Appeals lapsed |
604,080 | 112,100 (19% of GB appeals registered) | 72,590 | 12,270 (17% of Scotland appeals registered) |
Notes:
- Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
- These figures include appeal registrations and decisions for PIP New Claims, Reassessments, Award Reviews and Change of Circumstances.
- A lapsed appeal is where DWP changed the decision in the customer’s favour after an appeal was lodged but before it was heard at a tribunal hearing.