Personal Independence Payment: Dewsbury and Batley

(asked on 19th March 2025) - View Source
Questioner
Iqbal Mohamed Portrait
Iqbal Mohamed
(Independent - Dewsbury and Batley)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time is to process a Personal Independence Payment appeal in Dewsbury and Batley constituency.

Answered by
Stephen Timms Portrait
Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 28th March 2025

The average time to process a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) appeal for all PIP appeals registered in the Dewsbury and Batley constituency since PIP was introduced can be found below.

Mean appeal processing time (weeks)

Median appeal processing time (weeks)

31

29

Source: PIP Administrative Data

Notes:

  • The appeal processing time is calculated as the time between the date of appeal registration and date of appeal clearance.
  • Figures include appeals related to initial decisions (including new claims and DLA reassessments), award reviews and changes of circumstance.
  • Figures include time taken by His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) to clear the case.

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