Question follow-through · 3752
Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average estimated cost is of providing a PIP assessment (a) by telephone, (b) by video call and (c) face to face.
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
- 21 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 2 Jun 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average estimated cost is of providing a PIP assessment (a) by telephone, (b) by video call and (c) face to face.
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Jun 2026
Answer published
PIP assessment costs are managed and recorded at an overall Functional Assessment Service level rather than by specific assessment types or benefits, and as such the department does not hold this information.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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