PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Social Security Benefits: Scotland (16 December 2016)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claim decisions for Scottish claimants of (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payments were upheld at appeal in each of the last four quarters for which information is available.

Asked by:
Ian Murray (Labour)

The table below shows the number of appeals registered in Scotland against Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decisions (new claims and reassessments for Disability Living Allowance (DLA)) and how many and what proportion of them, expressed as a percentage of appeals registered (whether heard or not), resulted in no change of award amount for the claimant.

Quarter	Appeals registered	Award amount changed	Award amount did not change	Proportion of appeals that had no change to award amount
Apr 15 - Jun 15	1,950	930	1,020	52%
Jul 15 - Sep-15	1,670	840	830	50%
Oct 15 - Dec-15	1,710	790	920	54%
Jan 16 - Mar-16	1,960	940	1,030	52%

Notes to figures:

• The quarter refers to the date when the initial PIP decision was made.
• PIP data includes both normal rules cases and special rules cases for the terminally ill claimants, and is for both new claims and DLA reassessment claims.
• Data has been rounded to the nearest 10. Figures may not sum due to rounding.
• Percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole percentage.
• This is unpublished data and, as such, it does not meet the quality standard required for official statistics publication. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.
• Data taken from the PIP computer system’s management information.

Information for Employment Support Allowance Fit for Work decisions only, is as follows

Period 1.10.2008 to 30.9.2015 (for claims started within that period)

Appealed decisions upheld: 45,400

Appealed decisions overturned: 36,700

Answered by:
Penny Mordaunt (Conservative)
23 December 2016