AQW 13505/17-22 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the successful appeal rate to Personal Independence Payment reviews by claimants residing in the Strangford constituency, in each year since its introduction.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 27 January 2021
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 27 January 2021
- Answer due by
- 11 February 2021
- Answered
- 9 February 202113 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
My Department does not hold information on the number of Personal Independence Payment appeals per constituency or the success rate of appeals per constituency or town. However, the table below details the total number of successful and unsuccessful Personal Independence Payment appeals, in each year since its introduction.
| PIP | Successful | Unsuccessful | Success Rate |
| 1 April 2016 – 31 March 2017 | 9 | 16 | 36% |
| 1 April 2017 – 31 March 2018 | 1,467 | 1,348 | 52% |
| 1 April 2018 – 31 March 2019 | 3,091 | 2,083 | 60% |
| 1 April 2019 – 31 March 2020 | 3,768 | 2,192 | 63% |
| 1 April 2020 – 31 January 2021 | 478 | 285 | 63% |