To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many claims for (1) Jobseeker’s Allowance, (2) Universal Credit, (3) Disability Living Allowance, (4) Personal Independence Payment, (5) Employment Support Allowance, (6) Income Support, and (7) Carer’s Allowance, were subject to a request for mandatory reconsideration in each year since 2013; how many of those claims were (a) approved, and (b) rejected, following the reconsideration process; how many claims that were rejected by the reconsideration process subsequently came before (i) the first-tier tribunal, and (ii) the Upper tribunal; and in each case how many claims were approved.
Answered on
17 September 2015
The information requested is not available, and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
The Department has published data on Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) and the Ministry of Justice on appeals as follows:
- Ad hoc statistics on MR receipts and clearance times
- Personal Independence Payment statistics
- ESA and JSA sanctions
- Appeals – all benefits
The information will now be placed in the House library.
The Department has plans to look into what might be possible to publish on mandatory reconsiderations in the existing regular statistical publications, including information on outcomes. As each publication is ready, DWP statisticians will pre-announce the improvements in accordance with the UKSA release protocols.