Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time between the commencement of a personal independence payment appeal and a decision was in (a) Ashfield, (b) Mansfield, (c) Nottinghamshire and (d) the UK in the most recent 12-month period for which data is available.
The information requested is set out in the table below.
| United Kingdom5 | Chesterfield (including Ashfield and Mansfield) 6 | Nottinghamshire 7 | |||
| Average Clearance Time (Weeks) 4 | |||||
Year 1 | PIP 2 | ESA 3 | PIP 2 | ESA3 | PIP 2 | ESA3 |
July 2016-June 2017 | 16.6 | 15.4 | 16.6 | 15.5 | 16.0 | 15.5 |
Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data available.