Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disability living allowance claimants who applied for personal independence payments after their 16th birthday were unsuccessful in their claims.

There were 49,110 Disability Living Allowance (DLA) claimants who applied to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) after their 16^th birthday and had their claim disallowed at initial decision. This is compared to 77,150 who had their claim awarded at initial decision. Both figures are for initial decisions made between the introduction of PIP in April 2013 and 31^st January 2019.

Source: PIP ADS

Notes:

• Data includes only “rising 16s” where a claimant is sent a letter inviting them to claim PIP shortly after their 16^th birthday. This data does not include DLA claimants aged 16 or older who were reassessed onto PIP for other reasons.

• Data is for initial decisions only and do not take into account the results of Mandatory Reconsiderations or Appeals.

• Disallowances are recorded under the following categories: “Disallowed Pre-referral to the AP”*, “Disallowed pre-referral to the AP – due to non-return of Part 2 within the time limit”*, Disallowed – Failed Assessment” and “Disallowed – Failed to Attend Assessment”.

• Data does not include claimants who registered a claim but voluntarily withdrew their claim during the claim process.

• PIP data includes normal rules and special rules for the terminally ill claimants.

• Data has been rounded to the nearest 10.

• Figures are for Great Britain only.

• This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.

*AP = assessment provider