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Written question asked by Ross Thomson (Conservative) on Monday, 29 January 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 31 January 2018. It was answered by Sarah Newton (Conservative) on Monday, 5 February 2018 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Personal Independence Payment: Aberdeen South

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people had personal independence payment decisions overturned because of (a) mandatory reconsideration and (b) an appeal hearing in Aberdeen South constituency in each year since April 2013.

Answer

The table below shows the number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decisions and the number and proportion of mandatory reconsideration decisions and appeal decisions where the award was changed, by financial year of the initial PIP decision since the introduction of PIP in the Parliamentary Constituency of Aberdeen South.

Number of PIP decisions, and number and proportion of mandatory reconsiderations decisions and appeal decisions where the award changed, by financial year of initial PIP decision.

Financial year of initial PIP decision

Number of PIP decisions

Number of awards changed at MR

Proportion of PIP decisions changed at MR

Number of awards changed at appeal

Proportion of PIP decisions where award changed at appeal

2013/14

100

#

#

#

#

2014/ 15

560

10

1%

#

#

2015/ 16

680

20

2%

30

5%

2016/ 17

1,030

50

5%

40

4%

2017/18 (April 17 to Oct 17)

580

30

5%

10

2%

Total

2,950

110

4%

90

3%

Data has been rounded to the nearest 10 and nearest percent.

‘#’ means fewer than 5 in this category.

There will be some degree of retrospection in these figures over time due to changes in individual case outcomes, particularly with appeals. It is expected that there will be lower numbers of completed appeals in recent months due to the time lag in appeal completion.

Latest available data to October 2017

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
125219
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Appeals Personal independence payment Aberdeen South
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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