Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of new claims for personal independence payments that were refused on application were subsequently allowed on appeal in the last 12 months.

The information requested is not available. The Personal Independence Payment statistics release strategy, which the Department has made available on Gov.Uk, explains how DWP will manage the release of statistics and related information on Personal Independence Payment. This document explained that future releases may be extended to include numbers of reconsideration and appeals.

The Ministry of Justice publish Tribunal quarterly statistics on Gov.Uk, this includes information on appeals against PIP decisions.