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Written Question
Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
Tuesday 29th January 2019

Asked by: Toby Perkins (Labour - Chesterfield)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people asked for a mandatory reconsideration of their personal independence payment application in 2018; and how many of those reconsiderations led to a different outcome.

Answered by Sarah Newton

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave on 16th January 2019.

https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-01-11/207594/

Written Question
Universal Credit: Appeals
Tuesday 29th January 2019

Asked by: Toby Perkins (Labour - Chesterfield)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people asked for a mandatory reconsideration of their universal credit application in 2018; and how many of those reconsiderations led to a different outcome.

Answered by Sarah Newton

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave on 16th January 2019.

https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-01-11/207594/

Written Question
Social Security Benefits
Wednesday 16th January 2019

Asked by: Toby Perkins (Labour - Chesterfield)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people requested a mandatory reconsideration for (a) universal credit and (b) PIP in 2018; and how many of those mandatory reconsiderations resulted in changed outcomes.

Answered by Sarah Newton

DWP collect data about Mandatory Reconsiderations for Universal Credit, and have published some of this specifically in relation to sanctions in Universal Credit Live Service, available on Stat-Xplore here:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/.

Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:

https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html

However, to carry out the necessary quality assurance in order to publish information across all decisions subject to a mandatory reconsideration on Universal Credit Live Service and Full Service would incur disproportionate cost.

Statistics on the number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Mandatory Reconsiderations registered and clearances by type are published in Tables 7a and 7b of the quarterly statistical publication “Personal Independence Payment: April 2013 to October 2018”, available here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2018

Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 15 Jan 2019
Recognition of Fibromyalgia as a Disability

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered the recognition of fibromyalgia as a disability.

It is a pleasure to open the debate and to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bailey. I am delighted that so many hon. Members have come to support the raising of awareness of a …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 15 Jan 2019
Recognition of Fibromyalgia as a Disability

"That is an excellent point, to which I shall return. One of the major problems that fibromyalgia sufferers experience is that it takes so long for their condition to be diagnosed. I shall talk more about what we can do to get earlier diagnosis and better understanding throughout general practice.

…..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 15 Jan 2019
Recognition of Fibromyalgia as a Disability

"I absolutely agree. My hon. Friend has given a powerful example. Meeting someone with fibromyalgia—this is even more true of those who live with a sufferer—we get to understand what it is like to walk a mile in their shoes. One reason why we asked the DWP to respond to …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 15 Jan 2019
Recognition of Fibromyalgia as a Disability

"I could not agree more with my hon. Friend. I think that there are many hon. Members here for the debate, on such an important day in Parliament when there are many alternative demands on our time, because we have had a powerful experience of what our constituents go through...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 15 Jan 2019
Recognition of Fibromyalgia as a Disability

"I agree, and I think that that hints at a wider problem in the benefits system assessment regime, which finds it difficult to deal with fluctuating conditions, whether mental health conditions or muscular problems along the lines of fibromyalgia, that are better on some days, or manageable with a huge …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 15 Jan 2019
Recognition of Fibromyalgia as a Disability

"I entirely agree. The impact on the rest of the family includes caring responsibilities that fall on them, restricting their ability to develop their earning potential. The consequence is that the entire family of a fibromyalgia sufferer will suffer too. It is a powerful point.

Estimates suggest that as many …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 15 Jan 2019
Recognition of Fibromyalgia as a Disability

"That point is spot on, and made from the powerful perspective of someone who knows what it is like to live with someone experiencing fibromyalgia. I will come on in a moment to some of the other things that are believed to be triggers for fibromyalgia, but the hon. Gentleman …..."
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