Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many enquiry forms for assessment for personal independence payments have been sent to people in (a) Hemsworth constituency and (b) the UK; and how many of those who have applied have been waiting for a decision for longer than 26 weeks.

Once a claimant has made a claim for Personal Independence Payment they are sent a “How your disability effects you” (PIP2) form to complete. Statistics on PIP registrations are published at;

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/355654/pip-july-2014.xls

These show that as at 31st July 2014, 1,010 people had registered a claim for PIP in Hemsworth constituency and 490,400 people had registered a claim for PIP in Great Britain.

Departmental statisticians are continuing to develop measures around clearance times and waiting times to ensure they provide a rounded and representative picture of PIP system performance, improvement activity and the claimants’ experience. These statistics will be published as soon as they are ready, with the release pre-announced in line with United Kingdom Statistics Authority release protocols.