Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
Commons · Question 31122 · Tabled 12 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Steve Darling
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Personal Independence Payment requests that were initially refused were subsequently accepted after appeal in the latest period for which data is available.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 24 Feb 2025
Of the 721,100 claimants who had their claim for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) cleared in the Financial Year 2023-2024, 332,800 (46%) were disallowed at assessment. Of these, 13,500 were subsequently awarded PIP following an appeal, which is 4% of a...