Question follow-through · 17612
Social Security Benefits: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Young Lives vs Cancer’s report entitled The cost of waiting, published in March 2025, what assessment he has made of the impact of the average time between a child or young person (und
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 9 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 17 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Social security and pensions
- Disability Living Allowance · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
9 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Young Lives vs Cancer’s report entitled The cost of waiting, published in March 2025, what assessment he has made of the impact of the average time between a child or young person (und
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jul 2026
Answer published
Reducing customer journey times for Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants is a priority for the Department and we are working constantly to make improvements to our service. More information can be found here:...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Disability Living Allowance
13 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to apply the findings from the Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment: interim report to Disability Living Allowance in areas where elements of both systems operate in similar wa