Personal Independence Payment
(asked on 18th July 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applicants moving from disability living allowance to personal independence payment have been awarded less than they were receiving through disability living allowance in (a) Aberdeen North constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK in each year since April 2013.
The table below shows the number of applicants moving from disability living allowance to personal independence payment who were awarded less than they were receiving through disability living allowance between April 2013 and October 2016, the latest date for which figures are available.
Table – decreased awards following reassessment for PIP in Aberdeen North, Scotland and Great Britain
| Aberdeen North | Scotland | Great Britain |
Jan to Dec 2013 | # | # | # |
Jan to Dec 2014 | # | 800 | 16,100 |
Jan to Dec 2015 | 100 | 6,500 | 65,400 |
Jan to Oct 2016 | 200 | 13,500 | 149,200 |
Total | 300 | 20,800 | 230,700 |
‘#’ used for instances where there are less than 10 cases to avoid the release of confidential data.