Written questions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

Commons · Question 97231 · Tabled 4 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 16 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Department has made of the impact of recent policy changes on the proportion of disability benefit decisions overturned at appeal.

Answer

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 16 Dec 2025

The Department is committed to monitoring the impacts of its policies. Information about disability benefit appeal overturns can be retrieved from StatXplore, HMCTS’ quarterly statistics, or the Department’s quarterly PIP statistics. The latter includes i...