Social Security Benefits: Scotland

(asked on 16th December 2016) - View Source
Questioner
Ian Murray Portrait
Ian Murray
(Labour - Edinburgh South)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claim decisions for Scottish claimants of (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payments were upheld at appeal in each of the last four quarters for which information is available.

Answered by
Penny Mordaunt Portrait
Penny Mordaunt
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
This question was answered on 23rd December 2016

The table below shows the number of appeals registered in Scotland against Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decisions (new claims and reassessments for Disability Living Allowance (DLA)) and how many and what proportion of them, expressed as a percentage of appeals registered (whether heard or not), resulted in no change of award amount for the claimant.

Quarter

Appeals registered

Award amount changed

Award amount did not change

Proportion of appeals that had no change to award amount

Apr 15 - Jun 15

1,950

930

1,020

52%

Jul 15 - Sep-15

1,670

840

830

50%

Oct 15 - Dec-15

1,710

790

920

54%

Jan 16 - Mar-16

1,960

940

1,030

52%

Notes to figures:

  • The quarter refers to the date when the initial PIP decision was made.
  • PIP data includes both normal rules cases and special rules cases for the terminally ill claimants, and is for both new claims and DLA reassessment claims.
  • Data has been rounded to the nearest 10. Figures may not sum due to rounding.
  • Percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole percentage.
  • This is unpublished data and, as such, it does not meet the quality standard required for official statistics publication. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.
  • Data taken from the PIP computer system’s management information.

Information for Employment Support Allowance Fit for Work decisions only, is as follows

Period 1.10.2008 to 30.9.2015 (for claims started within that period)

Appealed decisions upheld: 45,400

Appealed decisions overturned: 36,700

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