Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for personal independence payments have taken longer than 26 weeks to receive a decision.

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 once/when they are ready, with the release pre-announced in line with United Kingdom Statistics Authority release protocols.