Asked by: Laura Pidcock (Labour - North West Durham)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in North West Durham constituency who previously qualified for disability living allowance have not been awarded personal independence payments following an assessment by the Independent Assessment Services.
Answered by Sarah Newton
DWP case managers make decisions on all claims based on the PIP2 questionnaire completed by the claimant, any additional evidence they have submitted, the report from the assessment provider and any additional information the assessment provider has requested, for example information from the claimant’s GP.
Up to 31 July 2017, 2,020 claimants in North West Durham constituency underwent a Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) reassessment with Independent Assessment Services (IAS), previously known as Atos. Of these claimants, 1,640 were awarded PIP and 380 were disallowed PIP.
Source: PIP Computer System claimant records.
Notes:
1. The figure above is the outcome of the first DWP decision on each reassessment claim (i.e. prior to any reconsideration, appeal action and award review), where that decision was a disallowance after the claimant underwent an assessment by Independent Assessment Services (previously known as Atos).
2. Figures include decisions made between 8 April 2013 and 31 July 2017.
3. Figures include reassessment outcomes for individuals who were aged between 16 and 64 on 8 April 2013, and include both PIP Normal Rules and Special Rules for the Terminally Ill claims.
3. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
4. Great Britain only.