Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with epilepsy who were previously in receipt of disability living allowance and have undergone a review to assess their eligibility for personal independence payment have applied for mandatory reconsideration of the decision on their claim to date.

The number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Mandatory Reconsiderations raised for Disability Living Allowance (DLA) re-assessment claims for people with a primary disabling condition of epilepsy to 31^st January 2017 is 7,100.