PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Disability Living Allowance: Children (27 April 2018)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children under the age of 16 received disability living allowance after a successful appeal.
Asked by:
Gareth Snell (Labour)
Asked by:
Gareth Snell (Labour)
Answer
The latest appeals data that is available is to December 2017. This data is therefore from April 2017 – December 2017 (the latest financial year up to which data is available).
There were 2,520 (data rounded to the nearest 10) cases in the time period outlined for children under 16 years of age that went to appeal and were subsequently awarded DLA.
It is important to note that that this figure includes appeals where the award rate was not necessarily increased, but is still considered a successful appeal (i.e. the award changes from lower rate care to lower rate mobility or vice versa), as well as appeals where the award rate increases.
Answered by:
Sarah Newton (Conservative)
8 May 2018
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