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Written question asked by Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 23 November 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 27 November 2017. It was answered by Sarah Newton (Conservative) on Friday, 1 December 2017 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Personal Independence Payment: Oxfordshire

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for Personal Independence Payments from people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis have been rejected in (a) Oxford (b) Oxfordshire (c) Oxford West and Abingdon constituency in each of the last 5 years.

Answer

The Department does not record disabling conditions of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants at registration stage. Disabling conditions are recorded on the PIP Computer System only for those claimants who undergo a face to face or paper based assessment.

Therefore we are unable to provide the number of refused PIP applications which were made by people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
115273
Session
2017-19
Subjects
ME/CFS Oxfordshire Personal independence payment
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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