Question follow-through · 21240
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the longest waiting time was for a PIP application in each month of the last five years.
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
- 18 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 7 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 7 Jan 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
18 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the longest waiting time was for a PIP application in each month of the last five years.
7 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Jan 2025
Answer published
We are committed to ensuring that people can access financial support through Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in a timely manner and reducing customer journey times for PIP claimants is a priority for the department. We always aim to make an award dec...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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