PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Personal Independence Payment (23 April 2018)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have had a reduction in the amount of their benefit entitlement as a result of the transfer from disability living allowance to personal independence payment.

Asked by:
Judith Cummins (Labour)

The latest available data covering claimants whose benefit entitlement was reduced as a result of the transfer from Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) can be found in the statistical tables “Personal Independence Payment: DLA to PIP reassessment outcomes, October 2017” published in December 2017 here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2017

Table 8B (Summary of DLA to PIP Reassessment Outcomes) shows the volume of claimants who have had their awards increased, unchanged and decreased after reassessment from DLA to PIP. The latest date for which published data is available is 31st October 2017 and comparisons of DLA and PIP awards for reassessment claimants are published annually.

Answered by:
Sarah Newton (Conservative)
25 April 2018