Question follow-through · 101897
Social Security Benefits: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the financial and emotional impact of current waiting times for mandatory reconsideration on individuals; and what his Department is doing to ensure that manda
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 2 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 6 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jan 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
2 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the financial and emotional impact of current waiting times for mandatory reconsideration on individuals; and what his Department is doing to ensure that manda
6 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jan 2026
Answer published
Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) offers claimants the opportunity to challenge decisions and provide additional information which may be relevant to their claim. Entitlement is usually from the date of claim, so if a decision is changed at MR, the amount aw...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Child Maintenance Service: Telephone Services
13 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to improve training for Child Maintenance Service call handlers on (a) vulnerable people and (b) victims of domestic abuse.
Disability Living Allowance
13 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the accessibility of the Disability Living Allowance claim form; and whether he plans to take steps to improve it.
Access to Work Programme
13 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the current average time taken is to pay Access to Work suppliers for services delivered; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce delays in paying suppliers.
Disability Living Allowance
20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Disability Living Allowance claim form; and whether he plans to take steps to make the form easier to complete.
Disability Living Allowance
15 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the (a) complexity and (b) length of the Disability Living Allowance claim form on claimants; and whether he plans to amend the form.
Employment: Disability
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the new 30,000-mile three-year mileage allowance under the Motability Scheme on the ability of disabled people to remain in paid employ