Social Security Benefits: Glasgow Central

(asked on 19th January 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Glasgow Central constituency have had their benefit payments reduced after transferring from disability living allowance to personal independence payments in each of the last three years.


Answered by
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Penny Mordaunt
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
This question was answered on 25th January 2017

The statistics on the outcomes of Disability Living Allowance claimants who have been invited to and claimed Personal Independence Payment (PIP), including those who have seen a reduced award value, are in the table below:

Table 1 – Award outcomes following reassessment for PIP in Glasgow Central

Award amount increased

Award amount the same

Award amount decreased

Jan-Dec 2014

0

-

-

Jan-Dec 2015

200

-

200

Jan-Oct 2016

300

100

400

Notes:

‘-’ indicates fewer than 50 cases in the category

Data has been rounded to the nearest 100.

Data taken from the PIP computer system’s management information.

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