Personal Independence Payment: Gower

(asked on 11th January 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 in Gower constituency had personal independence payments overturned as a result of an appeal hearing in each year for which data is available.


Answered by
Mims Davies Portrait
Mims Davies
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 18th January 2024

Table 1 shows the number and percentage of initial decision awards for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) that were changed after an appeal tribunal hearing, in the Gower constituency by the financial year of the initial decision.

Table 1

Financial Year of Initial Decision

Appeals Overturned at Tribunal Hearing

% PIP Decisions Overturned at Tribunal Hearing

All Initial
Decisions

2013/14

.

1%

80

2014/15

50

5%

1,080

2015/16

60

6%

870

2016/17

160

8%

1,920

2017/18

40

5%

760

2018/19

40

6%

580

2019/20

40

6%

730

2020/21

20

4%

610

2021/22

30

4%

720

2022/23

30

2%

1,100

Table 2 shows the number and percentage of Award Reviews (AR) and Change of Circumstances (CoC) awards for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) that were changed after an appeal tribunal hearing, in the Gower constituency by the financial year of the AR or CoC decision.

Table 2

Financial Year of AR and CoC

Appeals Overturned at Tribunal Hearing

% PIP Decisions Overturned at Tribunal Hearing

All ARs and CoCs

2016/17

10

5%

240

2017/18

30

7%

370

2018/19

30

5%

600

2019/20

10

2%

490

2020/21

.

1%

560

2021/22

.

1%

510

2022/23

.

1%

590

Please note:

  • Figures in Table 1 and Table 2 are rounded to the nearest 10.
  • Percentages in Table 1 and Table 2 are calculated using unrounded figures, then rounded to the nearest percent.
  • In Table 1, the figures for the financial year 2023/24 were excluded because their values and proportions rounded to zero.
  • In Table 2, the figures for the financial year 2023/24 were excluded because their values and proportions rounded to zero.
  • These figures include initial decisions (New Claims, Reconsiderations), award reviews and change of circumstances following an assessment for PIP up to 30th June 2023, the latest date for which published data is available.
  • These figures include appeal outcomes up to 30th September 2023, the latest date for which published data is available. Note that more appeals could be made and completed after September 2023, so numbers may change as it can take some time for an appeal to be lodged and then cleared after the initial decision, award review and change of circumstances.
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