Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department paid from the public purse to claimants of personal independence payment during the appeals process in each of the the last two years.

The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

There are nine possible Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decisions, all of which carry the right to a Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) and appeal. If PIP has been awarded but appealed, that rate will be paid until the appeal is decided.