Question follow-through · 117012

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 awarded PIP after an assessment a) in-person b) over the phone or c) via video call.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 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 awarded PIP after an assessment a) in-person b) over the phone or c) via video call.

  2. 9 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 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.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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