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.
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.