Question follow-through · 56557
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce delays in processing Personal Independence Payment assessments.
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
- 2 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 10 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce delays in processing Personal Independence Payment assessments.
4 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jun 2025
Answer published
We are committed to ensuring people can access financial support through Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in a timely manner. Reducing customer journey times for PIP claimants is a priority for the Department and we are working constantly to make impro...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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