Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
(asked on 19th April 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people who were not awarded the Personal Independence Payment following (a) the initial decision and (b) mandatory reconsideration (i) lodged an appeal which then lapsed in each of the last five years and (ii) were awarded at least one enhanced component.
The table below shows the number and proportion of individuals awarded Personal Independence Payment (PIP) due to a lapsed appeal, following an initial decision and a mandatory reconsideration decision to not award PIP by the financial year of the initial decision. Volumes and proportions of this group receiving at least one enhanced component of PIP have also been provided.
Financial Year of Initial Decision | Number of individuals awarded PIP due to a lapsed appeal, following an initial decision and MR decision to not award PIP | Proportion of those not awarded PIP following an initial decision and MR decision, that were awarded PIP due to a lapsed appeal | Number of individuals awarded PIP due to a lapsed appeal, following an initial decision and MR decision to not award PIP and receiving at least one enhanced component | Proportion of those awarded PIP due to a lapsed appeal, following an initial decision and MR decision to not award PIP receiving at least one enhanced component |
2018/19 | 6,400 | 8% | 3,500 | 54% |
2019/20 | 8,700 | 11% | 4,700 | 55% |
2020/21 | 8,000 | 14% | 4,100 | 51% |
2021/22 | 7,100 | 9% | 3,200 | 44% |
2022/23* | 2,800 | 5% | 1,100 | 39% |
Please note:
- Figures are rounded to the nearest 100 and percentages to the nearest percent;
- 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) up to 30th September 2022, the latest date for which published data is available;
- These figures include appeal and mandatory reconsideration outcomes up to 31st 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 may change as it can take some time for an appeal to be lodged and then cleared after the initial decision;
- The 2022/23 financial year is therefore incomplete; and
- A lapsed appeal is where the DWP changed the decision in the customer’s favour after an appeal was lodged, but before it was heard at a tribunal hearing.