Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance is issued by his Department on how long successful claimants of personal independence payment should wait before their first payment arrives once a decision has been made to award the claim.

Once a decision has been made to award a claim, payment is activated. If there are no checks triggered payment is automatically activated.

The majority of new claimants to Personal Independence Payment will be paid any arrears of benefit within a few days of the decision being made.