AQW 13601/17-22 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities how many people are waiting for a Personal Independence Payment appeal hearing in each constituency, broken down by each month since 1 March 2018.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 28 January 2021
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 28 January 2021
- Answer due by
- 12 February 2021
- Answered
- 9 February 202112 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
My Department does not record information either on a constituency or month to month basis. However, the table below details the total number of active Personal Independence Payment appeals in each town at 31 July, broken down by each year since 1 March 2018.
| Town | July 2018 | July 2019 | July 2020 |
| Armagh | 102 | 122 | 72 |
| Ballymena | 240 | 396 | 281 |
| Ballymoney | 89 | 138 | 87 |
| Banbridge | 96 | 160 | 105 |
| Belfast | 2,485 | 3,491 | 2,827 |
| Coleraine | 245 | 248 | 197 |
| Cookstown | 51 | 86 | 40 |
| Craigavon | 247 | 313 | 221 |
| Derry | 330 | 238 | 182 |
| Downpatrick | 284 | 421 | 289 |
| Dungannon | 205 | 179 | 118 |
| Enniskillen | 168 | 146 | 94 |
| Limavady | 40 | 35 | 40 |
| Magherafelt | 73 | 74 | 51 |
| Newry | 298 | 396 | 295 |
| Newtownards | 317 | 408 | 337 |
| Omagh | 192 | 145 | 132 |
| Strabane | 88 | 71 | 72 |
| Total | 5,550 | 7,067 | 5,440 |