Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for independence payments submitted by people in (a) England, (b) South Yorkshire, (c) Barnsley and (d) Barnsley East constituency have taken longer than 11 weeks to be determined.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the former Minister for Disabled People, the Rt. Hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead (Mike Penning), Official Report, 8 July 2014, column 278W.

Alex Cunningham(Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his contribution of 30 June 2014, Official Report, column 647, on DWP: performance, how his Department will demonstrate that no claimant is waiting more than 16 weeks for their personal independence payment by the end of 2014. 203901

Rt. Hon. Mike Penning MP:

Statistics on clearance times are intended for future publication and the Department's analysts are currently considering what information will be included in the release.