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Personal Independence Payment: Delyn

Answer

The latest available data on personal independence payment (PIP) clearances split by type of clearance (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) can be found at https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/.

Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html

Table 1 below shows the number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Mandatory Reconsideration decisions where the award was changed by year since the introduction of PIP in the Parliamentary Constituencies of Torfaen, Delyn and Jarrow.

Table 1 - Number of Mandatory Reconsiderations 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
Torfaen	Less than 5	80	70	110	20	280
Delyn	Less than 5	30	30	60	10	130
Jarrow	Less than 5	20	40	80	10	150

Tables 2-4 below show the Number of appeals found in favour of appellant by financial year, data from Ministry of Justice.

Table 2

Jarrow1		Number Found in Favour of Appellant	Percentage Found in Favour of Appellant (at hearing)2
2013-143	PIP4	0	0%
2014-153	PIP4	15	58%5
2015-163	PIP4	76	49%
2016-173	PIP4	123	51%

Table 3

Torfaen constituency1		Number Found in Favour of Appellant	Percentage Found in Favour of Appellant (at hearing)2
2013-143	PIP4	Less than 5	Less than 5
2014-153	PIP4	80	69%
2015-163	PIP4	488	74%
2016-173	PIP4	516	70%

Table 4

Delyn constituency1		Number Found in Favour of Appellant	Percentage Found in Favour of Appellant (at hearing)2
2013-143	PIP4	0	0%
2014-153	PIP4	22	42%
2015-163	PIP4	194	52%
2016-173	PIP4	479	67%

¹ Social Security and Child Support data are attributed to the hearing venue nearest to the appellants’ home address. For appellants living in Jarrow appeals are attributed to the South Shields venue. For appellants identified as living in Torfaen Constituency this would be Langstone Tribunal venue. For appellants identified as living in Delyn Constituency this would be this would be either Prestatyn or Wrexham Tribunal Venues.

^2. Percentage Found in favour of Appellant this is based on the number found in favour as a percentage of the appeals cleared at hearing. In line with the published stats, data are not available at a level more-detailed than hearing venue.

³ By financial year - from April to March.

⁴ PIP replaced Disability Living Allowance for people aged 16 to 64 and rolled out from 8 April 2013. As such, appeal volumes in HM Courts & Tribunals Service in the Year 2013-2014 are low.

⁵ Indicates the population where the decision was in favour with 30 appeals or less

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

5346

Session

2017-19

Grouped for answer

Yes

Subjects

Appeals Personal independence payment Delyn

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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