Personal Independence Payment: Scotland
(asked on 11th June 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) made an application for personal independence payments in Scotland (i) since 24 March 2020 and (b) in 2019; and how many of those people had their application (A) awarded and (B) disallowed (1) pre-assessment and (2) post-assessment.
The table below shows a comparison of the outcomes of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims registered by claimants in Scotland throughout the whole of 2019 and between 24th March – 30th April 2020.
The latest published journey time from PIP registration to clearance in April 2020 in Scotland was 21 weeks on average for a new claim and 27 weeks for a Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to PIP reassessment claim. This goes some way to explaining why the majority of claims registered from 24th March 2020 onwards had not received an initial decision as of 30th April 2020, the latest date for which data is available.
It is worth noting that the majority of claims cleared since 24th March 2020 were cleared under the Special Rules for Terminally Ill claimants for which the average customer journey time in Great Britain was 5 working days for New Claims and 6 working days for DLA to PIP Reassessment claims.
Table 1: Comparison of outcomes of PIP claims registered in Scotland in 2019 and from 24th March 2020
| Date of registration to PIP |
| |
Outcome of PIP Claim | 2019 | 24th March 2020 Onwards | Total |
Awarded | 43,660 | 140 | 43,800 |
Disallowed post-referral to AP | 24,980 | - | 24,990 |
Disallowed pre-referral to the AP | 16,950 | - | 16,950 |
Withdrawn | 1,350 | 10 | 1,360 |
Case Still Outstanding | 7,600 | 3,220 | 10,810 |
Total number of PIP Registrations | 94,550 | 3,370 | 97,920 |
Source: PIP ADS
Notes
- PIP data includes normal rules and special rules for terminally ill claimants, and is for both new claims and DLA reassessment claims.
- Data has been rounded to the nearest 10. Component parts may not sum due to rounding.
- Cases disallowed post referral to the AP includes claims disallowed at assessment and claims disallowed for failing to attend the assessment.
- Cases disallowed pre-referral to the AP includes claims Disallowed for failing to return the PIP2 form and claims disallowed for failing lay rules.
- Definition of Claims Still Outstanding: Claims that have been registered but have not received an initial decision as of 30th April 2020.
- This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.