Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of personal independence payment claimants has the original decision on their application overturned as a result of (a) mandatory reconsideration, (b) the lodging of an appeal, without that appeal being heard and (c) an appeal hearing in each month for which data is available.

The latest available data on personal independence payment (PIP) clearances split by type of clearance (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) can be found at https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/. Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html

a) Statistics on outcomes of Mandatory Reconsiderations split by month can be found in published statistics in tables 7B of: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics

These statistics relate to normal rules claims (i.e. excluding special rules cases for the terminally ill).

b) The following table gives the number of decisions overturned by DWP after an appeal had been lodged, but before the appeal was heard by the tribunal for the period Apr13-Mar17.

‘#’ Fewer than 50 claims in this category

Between April 2013 and March 2017 11,000 cases were settled by the Department after the Mandatory reconsideration had taken place and an appeal been lodged, but before the tribunal hearing.

c) Quarterly statistics on overturned cases at appeal can be found in published statistics from the Ministry of Justice in table SSCS.3 of: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics#history