Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of constituents in Livingston constituency have had their personal independence payments overturned as a result of (a) mandatory consideration and (b) an appeal hearing in each year for which data is available.

The latest available data on personal independence payment (PIP) clearances split by type of clearance (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) can be found at https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/.

Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html

The table below shows the number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Mandatory Reconsideration decisions and appeal decisions where the award was changed by year of each decision since the introduction of PIP in the Parliamentary Constituency of Livingston.

Number of Mandatory Reconsiderations decisions and appeal decisions where the award changed, by financial year of decision.