Asked by: Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrat - East Dunbartonshire)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 October 2017 to Question 105008, on personal independence payment: appeals, what the average cost to his Department is of each appeal.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
The Department only holds data on internal costs for Personal Independence Payments (PIP) Appeals.
The average internal cost of each appeal is £278.35 for new claims and £138.84 for reassessment appeals. Other costs are only obtainable at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrat - East Dunbartonshire)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 October 2017 to Question 105008, on personal independence payment (PIP): appeals, what his target is for the proportion of PIP decisions to be made correctly first time; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
We aim to get the decision correct every time. The Department monitors the quality and accuracy of its decision making with a robust quality assurance framework where feedback is given to individual decision makers as required.
Asked by: Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrat - East Dunbartonshire)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of appeals against awards of personal independence payments to residents of (a) East Dunbartonshire, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK to date have resulted in (a) an increase and (b) no increase in the award.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
PIP data is collated at GB (England, Scotland and Wales only) rather than UK level.
The Department only holds data on PIP awards changed and unchanged at appeal. Therefore the awards changed may include a very small number of appeals where the award may have reduced.
The table below shows the proportion of appeals against awards of Personal Independent Payment where the award was changed and unchanged at appeal for East Dunbartonshire, Scotland and Great Britain.
| Award changed at appeal | Award unchanged at appeal |
East Dunbartonshire | 69% | 31% |
Scotland | 69% | 31% |
GB | 74% | 26% |
Asked by: Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrat - East Dunbartonshire)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of applicants for personal independence payments to residents of (a) East Dunbartonshire, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK were awarded (i) no support for mobility needs, (ii) the standard mobility component and (iii) the enhanced mobility component in each quarter for which data is available.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
The table below shows the number of applicants for personal independence payments to residents of (a) East Dunbartonshire (Parliamentary Constituency), (b) Scotland and (c) Great Britain who were awarded (i) no support for mobility needs, (ii) the standard mobility component and (iii) the enhanced mobility component in each quarter for which data is available.
Note that PIP data is collated at GB rather than UK level
(a) East Dunbartonshire (Parliamentary Constituency)
Mobility Award - Enhanced | %age | Mobility Award - Standard | %age | Mobility Award - Nil | %age | Total | |
2013 Q2 | # | # | # | # | # | # | # |
2013 Q3 | # | # | # | # | # | # | # |
2013 Q4 | 20 | 40% | 10 | 15% | 20 | 45% | 40 |
2014 Q1 | 10 | # | # | # | 10 | # | 30 |
2014 Q2 | 20 | 44% | 10 | 18% | 20 | 38% | 50 |
2014 Q3 | 20 | 28% | 30 | 29% | 40 | 43% | 90 |
2014 Q4 | 30 | 29% | 20 | 19% | 50 | 52% | 90 |
2015 Q1 | 30 | 27% | 20 | 20% | 60 | 53% | 110 |
2015 Q2 | 40 | 31% | 30 | 22% | 70 | 47% | 140 |
2015 Q3 | 30 | 27% | 30 | 28% | 50 | 46% | 110 |
2015 Q4 | 30 | 28% | 20 | 20% | 50 | 51% | 100 |
2016 Q1 | 50 | 33% | 30 | 21% | 70 | 47% | 140 |
2016 Q2 | 60 | 30% | 30 | 18% | 100 | 52% | 180 |
2016 Q3 | 70 | 33% | 40 | 20% | 90 | 47% | 200 |
2016 Q4 | 80 | 39% | 50 | 24% | 70 | 38% | 190 |
2017 Q1 | 80 | 36% | 50 | 22% | 100 | 41% | 230 |
2017 Q2 | 80 | 38% | 50 | 26% | 70 | 36% | 200 |
2017 Q3 (to July 2017) | 10 | 18% | 20 | 28% | 40 | 54% | 70 |
Total | 640 | 33% | 430 | 22% | 890 | 45% | 1,970 |
(b) Scotland
Mobility Award - Enhanced | %age | Mobility Award - Standard | %age | Mobility Award - Nil | %age | Total | |
2013 Q2 | # | # | # | # | # | # | # |
2013 Q3 | 420 | 69% | 60 | 10% | 130 | 21% | 620 |
2013 Q4 | 1,160 | 30% | 760 | 20% | 1,970 | 51% | 3,890 |
2014 Q1 | 1,350 | 32% | 860 | 20% | 1,990 | 47% | 4,190 |
2014 Q2 | 1,610 | 30% | 1,100 | 21% | 2,610 | 49% | 5,320 |
2014 Q3 | 3,030 | 26% | 2,570 | 22% | 6,190 | 53% | 11,800 |
2014 Q4 | 3,350 | 22% | 3,220 | 21% | 8,490 | 56% | 15,060 |
2015 Q1 | 3,430 | 20% | 3,920 | 23% | 9,720 | 57% | 17,070 |
2015 Q2 | 3,800 | 24% | 3,680 | 23% | 8,450 | 53% | 15,940 |
2015 Q3 | 3,370 | 25% | 3,000 | 23% | 6,880 | 52% | 13,240 |
2015 Q4 | 3,280 | 24% | 3,060 | 22% | 7,400 | 54% | 13,740 |
2016 Q1 | 4,450 | 28% | 3,490 | 22% | 8,040 | 50% | 15,980 |
2016 Q2 | 6,020 | 28% | 4,610 | 21% | 11,010 | 51% | 21,640 |
2016 Q3 | 6,640 | 30% | 4,800 | 22% | 10,370 | 48% | 21,810 |
2016 Q4 | 6,730 | 31% | 4,840 | 22% | 10,100 | 47% | 21,670 |
2017 Q1 | 7,910 | 36% | 4,870 | 22% | 9,060 | 41% | 21,840 |
2017 Q2 | 6,950 | 35% | 4,250 | 21% | 8,790 | 44% | 19,980 |
2017 Q3 (to July 2017) | 1,810 | 23% | 1,510 | 19% | 4,440 | 57% | 7,750 |
Total | 65,330 | 28% | 50,590 | 22% | 115,620 | 50% | 231,540 |
(c) Great Britain
Mobility Award - Enhanced | %age | Mobility Award - Standard | %age | Mobility Award - Nil | %age | Total | |
2013 Q2 | 620 | 93% | 40 | 6% | 10 | 1% | 670 |
2013 Q3 | 4,780 | 72% | 640 | 10% | 1,240 | 19% | 6,660 |
2013 Q4 | 8,460 | 38% | 3,950 | 18% | 9,580 | 44% | 21,980 |
2014 Q1 | 13,430 | 35% | 7,580 | 20% | 16,960 | 45% | 37,960 |
2014 Q2 | 16,750 | 33% | 10,490 | 21% | 23,730 | 47% | 50,960 |
2014 Q3 | 31,260 | 28% | 24,560 | 22% | 57,680 | 51% | 113,500 |
2014 Q4 | 41,130 | 24% | 36,500 | 21% | 93,150 | 55% | 170,790 |
2015 Q1 | 37,910 | 21% | 38,070 | 21% | 104,820 | 58% | 180,800 |
2015 Q2 | 29,390 | 20% | 29,710 | 21% | 84,490 | 59% | 143,590 |
2015 Q3 | 27,330 | 21% | 26,270 | 20% | 76,690 | 59% | 130,290 |
2015 Q4 | 32,410 | 24% | 26,870 | 20% | 75,420 | 56% | 134,690 |
2016 Q1 | 41,730 | 27% | 31,160 | 20% | 82,750 | 53% | 155,640 |
2016 Q2 | 51,560 | 26% | 39,410 | 20% | 105,030 | 54% | 196,010 |
2016 Q3 | 62,260 | 29% | 44,600 | 21% | 109,800 | 51% | 216,660 |
2016 Q4 | 67,270 | 32% | 42,620 | 20% | 100,010 | 48% | 209,900 |
2017 Q1 | 72,380 | 35% | 39,980 | 20% | 91,950 | 45% | 204,320 |
2017 Q2 | 61,800 | 33% | 35,050 | 19% | 92,610 | 49% | 189,460 |
2017 Q3 (to July 2017) | 17,510 | 27% | 11,220 | 17% | 37,000 | 56% | 65,730 |
Total | 617,960 | 28% | 448,710 | 20% | 1,162,900 | 52% | 2,229,570 |
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