Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the average actual clearance times for Personal Independence Payment claims in Rhondda Cynon Taf in each of the last ten years.
Table (a) shows the average actual clearance times for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) normal rules new claims and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to PIP reassessments in Rhondda Cynon Taf in each of the last 10 financial years (from 2013/14 to 2022/23), calculated as the median number of weeks from registration to DWP decision.
Processing time | ||
Financial Year | New Claim | Reassessment |
2013/14 | 26 | - |
2014/15 | 25 | 24 |
2015/16 | 11 | 11 |
2016/17 | 11 | 12 |
2017/18 | 14 | 14 |
2018/19 | 14 | 17 |
2019/20 | 16 | 18 |
2020/21 | 14 | 21 |
2021/22 | 19 | 21 |
2022/23 | 14 | 17 |
Table (b) shows the average actual clearance times for PIP Special Rules for End of Life (SREL) claims in Rhondda Cynon Taf in each of the last 10 financial years (from 2013/14 to 2022/23), calculated as the median number of working days from registration to DWP decision.
Processing time | ||
Financial Year | New Claim | Reassessment |
2013/14 | 13 | - |
2014/15 | 6 | - |
2015/16 | 6 | - |
2016/17 | 6 | - |
2017/18 | 5 | - |
2018/19 | 6 | - |
2019/20 | 5 | - |
2020/21 | 4 | - |
2021/22 | 4 | - |
2022/23 | 4 | - |
Source: PIP Atomic Data Store (ADS)