AQW 13601/17-22


Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford


Tabled Date: 28/01/2021
Answered On Date: 09/02/2021
Priority Written: No


Question:
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.


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