Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of appeals of a personal independence payment assessment were successful in 2019.

The table below provides information on the number of initial decisions following a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment where the decision was overturned at a tribunal hearing.

These figures cover appeals cleared in January 2019 to September 2019 against initial decisions following a PIP assessment. They do not include appeals relating to decisions prior to an assessment being completed (disallowances due to failure of basic eligibility criteria or non-return of the Part 2 form within the time limit and have not been marked as requiring additional support, or disallowances following the claimant failing to attend the assessment without good reason). Nor do they include appeals against decisions made at an Award Review or Change of Circumstance.

Since PIP was introduced 3.4 million initial decisions following an assessment have been made up to June 2019, and 9% have been appealed and 5% have been overturned at a tribunal hearing.