Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 13 December 2018.
Faisal Rashid
Labour, Warrington South
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of mandatory reconsiderations for personal independence payments have (a) overturned and (b) upheld the original assessment decision in each year for which information is available.
Sarah Newton
The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions
Table 7B of the publication “Personal Independence Payment: April 2013 to October 2018” provides statistics on Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) clearances by type and month of clearance, a copy of which can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2018
Not all MRs will relate to the outcome of the PIP assessment, but other aspects of the PIP process.
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