PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Personal Independence Payment: Epilepsy (13 February 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with epilepsy have had their application for personal independence payment refused in each year since 2017.
Asked by:
Caroline Nokes (Conservative)
Asked by:
Caroline Nokes (Conservative)
Answer
The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) clearances split by main disabling condition and by type of clearance (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) for both new claims and reassessments from Disability Living Allowance (DLA) made from April 2013 – October 2019 can be found at https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/
Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html.
Answered by:
Justin Tomlinson (Conservative)
25 February 2020
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