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Question follow-through · 19365

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to take steps to reduce the clearance time for mandatory reconsiderations of Personal Independence Payment decisions.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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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
11 Dec 2024
Target answer date
16 Dec 2024
Answer
16 Dec 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to take steps to reduce the clearance time for mandatory reconsiderations of Personal Independence Payment decisions.

  2. 16 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    Whilst we aim to make the right decision as early as possible in the claim journey, Mandatory Reconsideration is a key element of the Department’s decision-making process. It offers customers an opportunity to challenge decisions and provide any additiona...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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