Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Personal Independence Payment requests that were initially refused were subsequently accepted after appeal in the latest period for which data is available.
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms
Of the 721,100 claimants who had their claim for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) cleared in the Financial Year 2023-2024, 332,800 (46%) were disallowed at assessment.
Of these, 13,500 were subsequently awarded PIP following an appeal, which is 4% of all who were initially disallowed while 18,900 appeals have not been cleared yet.
Notes:
- Figures have been rounded to nearest 100.
- Percentages have been rounded to nearest percent.
- This data is unpublished data. It should be used with caution, and it may be subject to future revision.
- These figures include appeal outcomes up to end of September 2024, the latest date for which published data is available. Note that more appeals could be made and completed after September 2024, so numbers may change as it can take some time for an appeal to be lodged and then cleared after the initial decision.
- Figure provided for the number of applicants first awarded PIP at appeal stage include claims that were awarded via a lapsed appeal after a disallowed initial decision and no change to award at MR.
- A lapsed appeal is where DWP changed the decision in the customer’s favour after an appeal was lodged but before it was heard at a tribunal hearing
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