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.
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 awarded PIP after an assessment 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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