Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 31122

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

Tabled: 12 February 2025

Answered: 24 February 2025

Question

Steve Darling

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.

Answer

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 a...

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