Question follow-through · 57426
Social Security Benefits: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time is for her Department to respond to Mandatory Reconsideration requests.
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
- 4 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 11 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time is for her Department to respond to Mandatory Reconsideration requests.
9 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Jun 2025
Answer published
The median mandatory reconsideration (MR) clearance times have been provided for Universal Credit (UC), Personal Independence Payment (PIP), and Employment Support Allowance (ESA) Work Capability Assessment (WCA) benefit decisions. To provide information ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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