Question follow-through · 24915

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of waiting times for Personal Independence Payment review decisions; and what steps he is taking to reduce delays for claimants in the Filt

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
28 Aug 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of waiting times for Personal Independence Payment review decisions; and what steps he is taking to reduce delays for claimants in the Filt

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    The information is in the table. Table 1: Clearance times (weeks) for PIP award reviewsClearance financial yearMeanMedian2014/1522202015/1615132016/1713122017/1816162018/1921212019/2018182020/2120182021/2218142022/2327192023/2440452024/2539432025/262520No...

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