PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Personal Independence Payment (18 July 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applicants moving from disability living allowance to personal independence payment have been awarded less than they were receiving through disability living allowance in (a) Aberdeen North constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK in each year since April 2013.

Asked by:
Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party)

The table below shows the number of applicants moving from disability living allowance to personal independence payment who were awarded less than they were receiving through disability living allowance between April 2013 and October 2016, the latest date for which figures are available.

Table – decreased awards following reassessment for PIP in Aberdeen North, Scotland and Great Britain

	Aberdeen North	Scotland	Great Britain
Jan to Dec 2013	#	#	#
Jan to Dec 2014	#	800	16,100
Jan to Dec 2015	100	6,500	65,400
Jan to Oct 2016	200	13,500	149,200
Total	300	20,800	230,700

‘#’ used for instances where there are less than 10 cases to avoid the release of confidential data.

Answered by:
Penny Mordaunt (Conservative)
26 July 2017