Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's publication Personal Independence Payment: DLA to PIP reassessment outcomes, October 2017, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of claimants with epilepsy that have seen awards (a) refused and (b) reduced during the transition from DLA to PIP; and if he will make a statement.

The Personal Independence Payment (PIP) reassessment outcome data between October 2016 and October 2017 demonstrates that there has been a decrease from 16% to 15% in the number of people previously in receipt of Disability Living Allowance (DLA), with a main disabling condition of epilepsy recorded on the DLA computer system, who have a lower award under PIP. There has been a decrease from 28% to 27% for the proportion of people who have a higher award under PIP. All other reassessment outcomes, including those disallowed, have remained the same proportionally.