Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2023 to Question 142827 on Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment, whether his Department plans to collect information on the causation of a failure to return the AR1 review forms.

We do not collect information on the causation of a failure to return the AR1 review forms, which then results in a disallowance for Personal Independence Payment (PIP).

Claimants may decide not to return the AR1 form for many reasons, including that they no longer need PIP. Extensions to complete the AR1 are available if the need is there, and if requested. Only a small proportion of PIP claims are disallowed for non-return of the AR1 form, and safeguards are in place to prevent vulnerable claimants’ claims falling out of payment.