Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for Personal Independent Payments for terminally ill applicants.

We are committed to ensuring that people can access financial support through Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in a timely manner. Reducing customer journey times for PIP claimants is a priority for the department and we are working constantly to make improvements to our service.

The clearance times for claims to PIP under the special rules for end of life (SREL) are published quarterly and can be found from the PIP Statistics page available on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics. The clearance time for new claims under SREL has consistently been at 3 working days since July 2021.