Personal Independence Payment: Delyn
(asked on 17th July 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of constituents in Delyn constituency have had their personal independence payments overturned as a result of (a) mandatory reconsideration and (b) an appeal hearing in each year for which data is available.
The latest available data on personal independence payment (PIP) clearances split by type of clearance (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) can be found at https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/.
Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html
Table 1 below shows the number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Mandatory Reconsideration decisions where the award was changed by year since the introduction of PIP in the Parliamentary Constituencies of Torfaen, Delyn and Jarrow.
Table 1 - Number of Mandatory Reconsiderations decisions where the award changed by financial year of decision.
Year of Mandatory Reconsideration | 2013/14 | 2014/ 15 | 2015/ 16 | 2016/ 17 | 2017/18 (April 17 only) | Total |
Torfaen | Less than 5 | 80 | 70 | 110 | 20 | 280 |
Delyn | Less than 5 | 30 | 30 | 60 | 10 | 130 |
Jarrow | Less than 5 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 10 | 150 |
Tables 2-4 below show the Number of appeals found in favour of appellant by financial year, data from Ministry of Justice.
Table 2
Jarrow1 |
| Number Found in Favour of Appellant | Percentage Found in Favour of Appellant (at hearing)2 |
2013-143 | PIP4 | 0 | 0% |
2014-153 | PIP4 | 15 | 58%5 |
2015-163 | PIP4 | 76 | 49% |
2016-173 | PIP4 | 123 | 51% |
Table 3
Torfaen constituency1 |
| Number Found in Favour of Appellant | Percentage Found in Favour of Appellant (at hearing)2 |
2013-143 | PIP4 | Less than 5 | Less than 5 |
2014-153 | PIP4 | 80 | 69% |
2015-163 | PIP4 | 488 | 74% |
2016-173 | PIP4 | 516 | 70% |
Table 4
Delyn constituency1 |
| Number Found in Favour of Appellant | Percentage Found in Favour of Appellant (at hearing)2 |
2013-143 | PIP4 | 0 | 0% |
2014-153 | PIP4 | 22 | 42% |
2015-163 | PIP4 | 194 | 52% |
2016-173 | PIP4 | 479 | 67% |
1 Social Security and Child Support data are attributed to the hearing venue nearest to the appellants’ home address. For appellants living in Jarrow appeals are attributed to the South Shields venue. For appellants identified as living in Torfaen Constituency this would be Langstone Tribunal venue. For appellants identified as living in Delyn Constituency this would be this would be either Prestatyn or Wrexham Tribunal Venues.
2. Percentage Found in favour of Appellant this is based on the number found in favour as a percentage of the appeals cleared at hearing. In line with the published stats, data are not available at a level more-detailed than hearing venue.
3 By financial year - from April to March.
4 PIP replaced Disability Living Allowance for people aged 16 to 64 and rolled out from 8 April 2013. As such, appeal volumes in HM Courts & Tribunals Service in the Year 2013-2014 are low.
5 Indicates the population where the decision was in favour with 30 appeals or less