Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder who were unsuccessful in their application for personal independence payment have had that decision overturned on appeal.

The number of claimants with autism spectrum disorder listed as the main health condition, who were originally awarded no benefit and then had that decision overturned at appeal, since the introduction of PIP, is as follows:

The total number of decisions made against claimants who had autism spectrum disorder listed as the main health condition, but may or may not have been awarded some level of benefit, and the number of appeals for the same time frame is as follows:

Autism Spectrum Disorder includes the main health conditions of Rett syndrome, Asperger’s syndrome and autism.

It is important to note that some of the more recent claims may not have had the chance to progress through the claimant journey to appeal.

Data has been rounded to the nearest 10.

Appeals data is up to December 2017.

PIP data includes normal rules and special rules for the terminally ill claimants, and is for both new claims and DLA reassessment claims.

Appeals data taken from the DWP PIP computer system’s management information. Therefore this appeal data may differ from that held by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.

Appeals data may include some cases where the initial decision was changed at Mandatory Reconsideration.

Data is based on primary disabling condition as recorded on the PIP computer systems. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which the decision is based but only the primary condition is shown in these statistics.

The number of claimants with autism spectrum disorder listed as the main health condition, who were originally awarded no benefit and then had that decision overturned at appeal, since the introduction of PIP, is as follows:

The total number of decisions made against claimants who had autism spectrum disorder listed as the main health condition, but may or may not have been awarded some level of benefit, and the number of appeals for the same time frame is as follows:

Autism Spectrum Disorder includes the main health conditions of Rett syndrome, Asperger’s syndrome and autism.

It is important to note that some of the more recent claims may not have had the chance to progress through the claimant journey to appeal.

Data has been rounded to the nearest 10.

Appeals data is up to December 2017.

PIP data includes normal rules and special rules for the terminally ill claimants, and is for both new claims and DLA reassessment claims.

Appeals data taken from the DWP PIP computer system’s management information. Therefore this appeal data may differ from that held by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.

Appeals data may include some cases where the initial decision was changed at Mandatory Reconsideration.

Data is based on primary disabling condition as recorded on the PIP computer systems. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which the decision is based but only the primary condition is shown in these statistics.