Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the oral Answer by the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work on 27 March 2017, Official Report, columns 22-23, how many people with epilepsy who have migrated from disability living allowance to personal independence payment have had their award (a) increased, (b) reduced and (c) held at the same rate to date.
The number of DLA claimants with a primary disabling condition recorded as epilepsy who were previously in receipt of Disability Living Allowance and have undergone a Personal Independence Payment Reassessment between 1st October 2013 and 31st October 2016 is 15,000.
The outcomes of these reassessments are shown in the table below.
Re-assessment Outcome | Epilepsy |
Award Increased | 4,300 |
Award Unchanged | 1,100 |
Award Decreased | 2,300 |
Disallowed post referral to the AP | 6,600 |
Disallowed pre referral to the AP | 700 |
Withdrawn | 100 |
Total | 15,000 |