Question follow-through · 58867
Personal Independence Payment: Tribunals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the backlog of people waiting for tribunals as part of their PIP application process.
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
- 10 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 18 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the backlog of people waiting for tribunals as part of their PIP application process.
12 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Department understands the potential effect of waiting for a tribunal hearing, which is why our aim is to make the right decision as early as possible in the claim journey so that people can get the support they are entitled to, without the need for a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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