Personal Independence Payment

(asked on 20th July 2017) - View Source
Questioner
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
(Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)

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) Bury St Edmunds constituency, (b) Suffolk and (c) England and Wales in each year since April 2013.

Answered by
Penny Mordaunt Portrait
Penny Mordaunt
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
This question was answered on 7th September 2017

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 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk and England & Wales.

Bury St Edmunds

Suffolk

England & Wales

Jan to Dec 2013

#

#

#

Jan to Dec 2014

#

300

15,200

Jan to Dec 2015

200

1,300

58,700

Jan to Oct 2016

100

900

135,300

Total

300

2,400

209,300

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