Question follow-through · 7462
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of preparations made by Maximus for processing Personal Independence Payment claims.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 7 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 14 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of preparations made by Maximus for processing Personal Independence Payment claims.
9 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Oct 2024
Answer published
Under the Functional Assessment Service (FAS) contracts which went live on 9 September 2024, assessment suppliers will deliver the Health Assessment Advisory Service on behalf of the department. These FAS contracts are central to the improvements we are m...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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