Question follow-through · 117011
Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people since the start of 2025 have been assessed for PIP a) in-person b) over the phone or c) via video call.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 2 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 11 Mar 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people since the start of 2025 have been assessed for PIP a) in-person b) over the phone or c) via video call.
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Mar 2026
Answer published
While this information is not currently published by the department, we will be sharing this data in a future statistical release.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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