BD v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (PIP): [2020] UKUT 178 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision of Judge Jacobs on 2 June 2020 .

Read the full decision in CPIP/2110/2019.

Judicial Summary

The Secretary of State has power to supersede a decision awarding a personal independence payment that was made by the First-tier Tribunal. The decision explains the relationship between regulation 11 of the Personal Independence Payment Regulations 2013 and regulation 26 of the Universal Credit, etc Regulations 2013. It also explains the nature of a supersession under regulation 26 and the way that the grounds for supersession operate under section 10 of the Social Security Act 1998.

Published 2 July 2020