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Originally Posted by Mr K
Every claimant must be a scrounger in your book (apart from yourself of course), and the DWP never get anything wrong.... 70% of PIP appeals being successful say otherwise.
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Whilst no one wants any valid claimant have their benefit delayed, it's relevant to put that figure into context.
In March 2013, around when PIP was first introduced, there were 3.3 million claimants for DLA
In October 2019, there were 4.9 million registrations for PIP, of which 2.36 million were awarded, 2 million disallowed, and 87k withdrawn
For initial PIP decisions following an assessment - April 2013 to June 2019:
- There were 3.4 million initial decisions following a PIP assessment. Nearly seven in ten (68%) were awarded PIP.
- 780,000 MRs have been registered about the 3.4 million initial decisions.
- Just over three in twenty (16%) of completed MRs resulted in a change to the award (excluding withdrawn).
- Just over four in ten (41%) of completed MRs then lodged an appeal.
- Just under one in ten (9%) of appeals lodged were “lapsed” (which is where DWP changed the decision in the customer’s favour after an appeal was lodged but before it was heard at tribunal).
- Two thirds (66%) of the DWP decisions cleared at a tribunal hearing were “overturned” (which is where the decision is revised in favour of the customer).
- Just under one in ten (9%) of initial decisions following a PIP assessment have been appealed and around one in twenty (5%) have been overturned at a tribunal hearing.
So out of the 3.4 million initial assessment decisions (April 13 to June 19), 120k were changed at Mandatory Reconsideration and 180k were overturned at a Tribunal Hearing, which makes the successful Tribunal Appeal percentage at around 5.29% against the original number of registrations.
tl:dr - 70% sounds awful, real figure of 5.29% not so bad...
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