Speeches

Diana Johnson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2015-12-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of personal independence payment (a) applications and (b) appeals were successful in (i) Hull and (ii) the UK in the latest period for which figures are available.

Justin Tomlinson

Information concerning part A is available here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2015

The information concerning part B is below.

Personal Independence Payment

National

Hull

Number Cleared at Tribunal Hearing

Number In favour DF

Number Cleared at Tribunal Hearing

Number In favour DF

April 15- June 15

7931

4495

60

23

(DF refers to Decision in Favour of the appellant).