Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of applications currently in the system for (i) mandatory reconsideration; and (ii) review for (a) Personal Independence Payment; (b) Attendance Allowance; and (c) Disability Living Allowance.
Minister for Communities: The numbers of Mandatory Reconsideration and Review applications currently in the system for each of the three benefits are provided in the table below.
| Personal Independence Payment | Attendance Allowance2 | Disability Living Allowance2 | |
| MR | 25001 | 65 | 364 |
| Review | 18,2492 | – | – |
| Renewal3 | – | 58 | 837 |
1 Taken from the Department’s published PIP statistics up to 31 May 2024.
2 Taken from data produced by DWP benefit systems as of 20 September 2024. Of this figure 4288 cases have an award end date on or before 31 December 2024.
3 Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance reviews are known as renewals.
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