Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants have been moved from a higher rate mobility component to a lower rate as a result of their transfer from Disability Living Allowance to personal independence payments since such transfers began.

The latest available data on the outcome of initial decisions on Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) reassessments can be found in the statistical tables released in December 2016 here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/576641/pip-official-statistics-dla-to-pip-reassessment-outcomes-october-2016.ods

Table 8A shows a comparison of DLA and PIP level of award for DLA reassessment claimants who were reassessed onto PIP prior to October 31^st 2016, the latest date for which published data is available. Updated tables containing data to October 31^st 2017 will be published on December 13^th 2017.