Social Security Benefits: Rutherglen and Hamilton West
(asked on 26th 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 Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency have had their benefit payments reduced after transferring from disability living allowance to personal independence payment in each year for which figures are available.
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 Rutherglen and Hamilton West
| Award amount increased | Award amount the same | Award amount decreased |
Jan-Dec 2014 | - | - | - |
Jan-Dec 2015 | 200 | - | 100 |
Jan-Oct 2016 | 300 | 100 | 200 |
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.