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Re: Worrying news for ESA claimants converting from DLA to PIP.
DWP spent £100m on disability benefit appeals, figures reveal.
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The costs were described as “staggering” and a former Conservative minister said “something is seriously wrong with the system”.
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Since October 2015, 87,500 PIP claimants had their decision changed at mandatory reconsideration, while 91,587 others won their appeals at tribunal.
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Ros Altmann, a Conservative peer and former DWP minister, said the money could be spent on benefits for those who need them, rather than the costs of fighting claims.
“Disability benefits need an overhaul and, of course, we must not let people make bogus claims, but the extent of the appeals we are seeing clearly indicates that something is seriously wrong with the system,” she said.
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“A vast majority of people are happy with their assessments, and only a very small proportion of all ESA and PIP decisions are overturned at appeal — just 4% for PIP and 5% for ESA.
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