Asked by: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour - Torfaen)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many mandatory PIP reconsiderations resulted in the original decision being upheld in 2016-2017.
Answered by Sarah Newton
The number of Personal Independent Payment (PIP) Mandatory Reconsiderations (MRs) cleared can be found in the official published statistics: “Data tables: Personal Independence Payment: Official Statistics to October 2017”. The relevant data can be found in Table 7b. This data shows the number of mandatory reconsiderations for New Claims and Reassessments broken down by month since PIP was introduced and split by outcome type:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2017
Latest available data to October 2017.
Asked by: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour - Torfaen)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who were refused personal independence payment had that decision changed at Tribunal in 2016-17.
Answered by Sarah Newton
The figures requested are given in the table below.
| Initial claims made in 2016-17 |
Number of people refused PIP | 390,200 |
|
|
Of whom: |
|
number of people who had that decision changed at mandatory reconsideration | 28,500 |
number of people who had a decision changed at a tribunal appeal | 32,300 |
Figures are for Great Britain.
Appeal figures are based upon appeals against mandatory reconsideration decisions. Initial decisions cannot be appealed until a claimant has gone through the mandatory reconsideration process.
Some decisions which are changed at mandatory reconsideration, and where the claimant continues to appeal for a higher PIP award, are then changed again at tribunal appeal. Therefore the number of people who had a decision changed at mandatory reconsideration and the number of people who had a decision changed at tribunal appeal cannot be added together.
Asked by: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour - Torfaen)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who were refused personal independence payment had that decision changed at mandatory reconsideration in 2016-17.
Answered by Sarah Newton
The figures requested are given in the table below.
| Initial claims made in 2016-17 |
Number of people refused PIP | 390,200 |
|
|
Of whom: |
|
number of people who had that decision changed at mandatory reconsideration | 28,500 |
number of people who had a decision changed at a tribunal appeal | 32,300 |
Figures are for Great Britain.
Appeal figures are based upon appeals against mandatory reconsideration decisions. Initial decisions cannot be appealed until a claimant has gone through the mandatory reconsideration process.
Some decisions which are changed at mandatory reconsideration, and where the claimant continues to appeal for a higher PIP award, are then changed again at tribunal appeal. Therefore the number of people who had a decision changed at mandatory reconsideration and the number of people who had a decision changed at tribunal appeal cannot be added together.
Asked by: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour - Torfaen)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were refused personal independence payment in 2016-17.
Answered by Sarah Newton
The figures requested are given in the table below.
| Initial claims made in 2016-17 |
Number of people refused PIP | 390,200 |
|
|
Of whom: |
|
number of people who had that decision changed at mandatory reconsideration | 28,500 |
number of people who had a decision changed at a tribunal appeal | 32,300 |
Figures are for Great Britain.
Appeal figures are based upon appeals against mandatory reconsideration decisions. Initial decisions cannot be appealed until a claimant has gone through the mandatory reconsideration process.
Some decisions which are changed at mandatory reconsideration, and where the claimant continues to appeal for a higher PIP award, are then changed again at tribunal appeal. Therefore the number of people who had a decision changed at mandatory reconsideration and the number of people who had a decision changed at tribunal appeal cannot be added together.
Asked by: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour - Torfaen)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have (a) applied for and (b) received employment and support allowance for inflammatory bowel disease in each year since 2010.
Answered by Sarah Newton
Inflammatory bowel disease is a term commonly used to refer to either Crohn’s disease or Ulcerative Colitis. The information available is shown in the following tables:
Table 1: Number of individuals making an initial claim to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) whose main disabling condition was recorded as Crohn’s Disease or Ulcerative Colitis, by year of claim start Jan 2010 to Mar 2017: Great Britain
Year of ESA claim start | Initial ESA |
2010 | 2200 |
2011 | 2600 |
2012 | 2800 |
2013 | 2700 |
2014 | 2800 |
2015 | 2600 |
2016 | 2400 |
2017 (Jan - Mar) | 600 |
Table 2: Number of individuals assigned to the ESA Support Group or the ESA Work Related Activity Group following their Work Capability Assessment (for initial, repeat or IB reassessment claims), whose main disabling condition was recorded as Crohn’s Disease or Ulcerative Colitis, by year of claim start or IB reassessment referral, Jan 2010 to Mar 2017: Great Britain
Year of ESA claim start | Initial ESA | Repeat ESA | IB |
2010 | 800 | 700 | - |
2011 | 1100 | 1300 | 1300 |
2012 | 1600 | 1900 | 2300 |
2013 | 1200 | 1200 | 1800 |
2014 | 1200 | 500 | 200 |
2015 | 1200 | 400 | 100 |
2016 | 1000 | 100 | 100 |
2017 (Jan - Mar) | 200 | - | - |
Source for Tables 1 and 2: Application data is derived from administrative data held by the DWP and assessment data provided by the Healthcare Provider.
Notes for Tables 1 and 2:
Asked by: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour - Torfaen)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of people with inflammatory bowel disease who have submitted an appeal for their claim for employment support allowance during the last four years.
Answered by Sarah Newton
The information is not readily available and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour - Torfaen)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with inflammatory bowel disease applied for mandatory reconsideration of their claim for employment support allowance in each of the last four years.
Answered by Sarah Newton
The information is not readily available and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.