Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many mandatory reconsiderations for personal independence payment claims have been (a) submitted and (b) successful in each year from April 2013 to October 2016.

These figures are published online and the latest version can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-july-2016. Table 7A in “Personal Independence Payment: Official Statistics to July 2016” gives the number of requests for a reconsideration submitted; Table 7B includes the number where the original decision was changed.

These figures run until July 2016. However, they are published on a regular basis and statistics for August to October will become available in due course.