Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment claims had not had a decision more than four weeks after receipt by his Department.

The information you have requested is not currently available. Statistics on clearance times are intended for future publication but releasing them at this stage would give an incorrect representation of the process since the system has not yet reached maturity, and further quality assurance of the data is required.

Information regarding Northern Ireland is a matter for the Northern Ireland Office.