Question follow-through · 121648
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of Personal Independence Payment claimants who have been in receipt of the benefit for more than a) two years b) three years and c) five years without reassessmen
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
- 17 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 29 Apr 2026 · 43 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
17 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of Personal Independence Payment claimants who have been in receipt of the benefit for more than a) two years b) three years and c) five years without reassessmen
19 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Apr 2026
Answer published
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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