Personal Independence Payment

Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 10 September 2015.

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Photo of Jess Phillips Jess Phillips Labour, Birmingham, Yardley

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of a personal independence payment claimant appealing a negative decision on an application.

Photo of Justin Tomlinson Justin Tomlinson Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Work and Pensions) (Disabled People)

The latest figure available for the average cost of an appeal, including PIP appeals, for Her Majesty’s Court and Tribunals Service, who hear appeals, is £214.

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