Personal Independence Payment

(asked on 6th October 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the current waiting time is for (a) a personal independence payment application to be processed, (b) an appeal against a decision to be actioned and (c) an appointment for a work capability assessment.


Answered by
Penny Mordaunt Portrait
Penny Mordaunt
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
This question was answered on 16th October 2017

The latest data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) clearance times for both new claims and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to PIP reassessed claims, can be found in tables 5 to 6 at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-july-2017.

The latest available data on Social Security and Child Support Tribunal (including appeals against a decision) can be found in table T1 to T3 at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/644444/tribunal-and-GRC-main-tables-1718q1.xlsx.

The latest available data on initial Employment Support Allowance (ESA) work capability assessment (WCA) clearance times, can be found in table 18 at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/644478/tables-esa-wca-summary-sept-17.xls

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