Question follow-through · 27067

Personal Independence Payment: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Personal Independence Payment application process.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
28 Jan 2025
Target answer date
30 Jan 2025
Answer
3 Feb 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Personal Independence Payment application process.

  2. 30 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    Customers are currently able to register for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) by telephone or in writing. Those who are eligible are then required to complete a health information questionnaire which is used to support the health assessment, undertaken...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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