Personal Independence Payment
(asked on 12th June 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the allocation of funding is for GP reports on medical records for PIP cases in each year since its inception.
This question was answered on 15th June 2018
The spending on GP reports of further evidence on medical conditions for PIP cases in each year since the inception of PIP is as follows:
- | 13/14 | 14/15 | 15/16 | 16/17 | 17/18 | Total |
Total PIP Clearance Volumes | 94,091 | 651,404 | 706,060 | 995,841 | 888,096 | 3,335,492 |
GP Further Evidence Volumes | 7,905 | 73,305 | 100,483 | 61,383 | 71,394 | 314,470 |
GP further Evidence Cost (£) | 264,818 | 2,455,718 | 3,366,181 | 2,056,331 | 2,391,699 | 10,534,745 |