Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of applications for Personal Independence Payments were initially denied and subsequently granted following a successful appeal in each month since April 2022.

Number and proportion of PIP initial decisions that are initially disallowed and are successful following an appeal

These figures include appeal decisions at tribunal hearing up to 31^st December 2022, the latest date for which published data is available. Note that more appeals could be made and completed after December 2022, so numbers could go up as it can take some time for an appeal to be lodged and then cleared after the initial decision.

Please note:

• Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 and percentages to 1 decimal place.
• Data for England and Wales (excluding Scotland) has been provided in line with the latest published figures on PIP.
• These figures include initial decisions following assessment for PIP New Claims and Reassessments from 1^st April 2022 – 30^th September 2022, the latest data for which published data is available.
• “Successful following an appeal” includes claims that had an appeal lapsed or overturned at tribunal.

• The proportion figure uses the total PIP initial decisions for the relevant month as the denominator.

• Prior to tribunal, appeal claimants must have requested a Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) from DWP. Some of those disallowed following assessment will have their decision changed at this stage and take the dispute no further. In some cases, a claimant who has their Disallowed decision changed at MR will continue to appeal for a higher PIP award, and these cases could be included in the figures reported.

• A lapsed appeal is where DWP changed the decision in the customer’s favour after an appeal was lodged, but before it was heard at a tribunal hearing.