Social Security Benefits: Bethnal Green and Bow

(asked on 8th January 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of assessments for (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payments went to appeal in Bethnal Green and Bow constituency in each year since 2010.


Answered by
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Sarah Newton
This question was answered on 15th January 2018

The table below shows the proportion of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decisions that went to appeal, by year of decision since the introduction of PIP in the Parliamentary Constituency of Bethnal Green and Bow.

Proportion of PIP decisions that went to appeal, by financial year of decision, in the Parliamentary Constituency of Bethnal Green and Bow.

Financial year of initial PIP decision

Proportion of PIP decisions that went to appeal

2013/14

0%

2014/15

3%

2015/16

7%

2016/17

8%

Apr'17 to Oct'17

4%

Latest available data to October 2017.

The information for Employment Support Allowance (ESA) is not readily available and can only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.

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