Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Glasgow East constituency have had their original decision on claiming personal independence payments overturned as a result of (a) mandatory reconsideration and (b) an appeal hearing in each year for which data is available.
The table below shows the number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Mandatory Reconsideration decisions and appeal decisions where the award was changed by year of each decision since the introduction of PIP in the Parliamentary Constituencies of Glasgow East.
Number of Mandatory Reconsiderations decisions and appeal decisions where the award changed, by financial year of decision.
Year of Mandatory Reconsideration | 2013/14 | 2014/ 15 | 2015/ 16 | 2016/ 17 | 2017/18 (April 17 only) | Total |
Number of Awards Changed at Mandatory Reconsideration | # | 20 | 60 | 140 | 10 | 230 |
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Year of Appeal Decision | 2013/14 | 2014/ 15 | 2015/ 16 | 2016/ 17 | 2017/18 (April 17 only) | Total |
Number of Awards Changed at Appeal | # | 20 | 140 | 150 | 10 | 320 |