Personal Independence Payment: Terminal Illnesses

(asked on 17th January 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer on 11 January 2019 to Question 203813, how many claimants of personal independence payments (PIP) who have had their application rejected under Normal Rules subsequently reapplied for PIP under the Special Rules for Terminal Illness process.


Answered by
Sarah Newton Portrait
Sarah Newton
This question was answered on 1st February 2019

Between April 2013 and October 2018, 5,670 Personal Independence Payments (PIP) claims were registered under Special Rules for Terminally Ill people (SRTI) by claimants who had previously been disallowed at initial decision under normal rules prior to 30th April 2018. To put this into context, over 4 million applications to PIP were made between April 2013 and 31st October 2018.

Of these 5,670 claims, 20% were made within 3 months of the original disallowance, 36% were made within 6 months of the original disallowance and 58% were made within a year of the initial decision. The remaining 42% were made over a year after the original claim was disallowed.

Notes:

  • These figures include new claims and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to PIP reassessment claims.
  • It is possible for claims to transition between normal rules and SRTI during the claimant journey. Included in these figures are claimants assessed under normal rules at the point of initial decision whose subsequent claim was treated as SRTI at the point of registration.
  • These figures include claimants whose case was disallowed at initial decision after assessment, for failing to attend assessment, for failing to return the PIP2 form or for failing lay rules. This does not take into account any mandatory reconsideration or Appeal action so some of these claimants may have subsequently been awarded PIP.
  • Only the closest subsequent registration is counted. For example, a claimant may have made more than one subsequent claim under SRTI. In such a case, only the closest subsequent registration is counted in this data.
  • Only the closest initial clearance is counted. For example, a claimant may have had multiple disallowances under Normal Rules for different claims. In such a case, only the closest initial disallowance to the subsequent registration is counted in this data.
  • The point of application is taken as the day the claimant registered a claim to PIP as recorded on the PIP computer system.
  • This is unpublished data from the PIP computer system’s (PIP CS) management information. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.
  • Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
  • Figures cover disallowances up to and including 30th April 2018 and subsequent registrations made up to and including 31st October 2018.
  • GB only.

Under the Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 2012 and s125 of Social Security Administration Act 1992 date of death is provided to the Department for all registered deaths. Additionally next of kin also provide information on the date of death of an individual and this information is used appropriately in the administration of Departmental benefits.

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