Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Preston constituency who applied for personal independence payments in (a) December 2014 and (b) January 2015 (i) have had medical assessments and (ii) are waiting for medical assessments.
The table below shows the number of claimants who registered a Personal Independence Payment claim in the Parliamentary Constituency of Preston in December 2014 and January 2015 who:
· have had an assessment by an assessment provider;
· are still waiting for an assessment by an assessment provider.
| December 2014 | January 2015 |
Total number of registrations | 60 | 130 |
Waiting for an assessment by an assessment provider | 0 | 0 |
Have had an assessment by an assessment provider | 40 | 100 |
Withdrawn or disallowed prior to a completed assessment by an assessment provider | 20 | 30 |
Source: PIP Computer Systems
Note that the figures above relate to: