Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
(asked on 4th October 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people whose personal independence payment appeals resulted in the decision being (a) lapsed and (b) overturned at tribunal hearing had their decision changed from no award to an award of both the daily living and mobility components at the enhanced rate in each of the last five years.
The table below provides information on the total number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) appeals, which were either lapsed or overturned at a tribunal hearing. It also includes the number of claimants who had no award prior to the appeal, and had their award changed to Enhanced for both daily living and mobility components post lapsed or overturned appeal. Data provided is for the last five financial years.
Table 1: Number of lapsed and overturned appeals for each financial year and how many subsequently went from nil to enhanced on both daily living and mobility components
Financial Year | Total Appeals Lapsed | Total Appeals Overturned | Appeals Lapsed (Nil award to enhanced-enhanced) | Appeals Overturned (Nil award to enhanced-enhanced) |
2019-20 | 27,100 | 53,700 | 2,900 | 5,100 |
2020-21 | 26,300 | 37,000 | 3,300 | 4,000 |
2021-22 | 17,100 | 20,500 | 1,900 | 2,200 |
2022-23 | 19,000 | 30,500 | 1,900 | 3,800 |
2023-24 | 25,600 | 34,400 | 2,100 | 4,900 |
The table below provides information on the proportion of PIP appeals which were either lapsed or overturned at a tribunal hearing, that previously had no award but had their award changed to enhanced for the daily living and mobility component post appeal. Data is provided for the last five financial years.
Table 2: Proportion of lapsed and overturned appeals whose award changed from nil to enhanced for each financial year
Financial Year | Appeals Lapsed (Nil award to enhanced-enhanced) (%) | Appeals Overturned (Nil award to enhanced-enhanced) (%) |
2019-20 | 11 | 9 |
2020-21 | 12 | 11 |
2021-22 | 11 | 11 |
2022-23 | 10 | 12 |
2023-24 | 8 | 14 |
Notes:
- Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100.
- Data provided is for England and Wales (excluding Scotland).
- These figures include appeal clearances and decisions for PIP New Claims, Reassessments, Award Reviews and Change of Circumstances. These figures include appeals cleared from April 2019 to March 2024.
- Appeals data has been taken from DWP PIP customer system’s management information. Therefore, this appeal data may differ from that held by His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.
- This data is unpublished data. It should be used with caution, and it may be subject to future revision.
- 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.
- An overturned appeal is where the decision was changed in the customer’s favour after an appeal was lodged and was heard at tribunal hearing.