PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Personal Independence Payment (28 October 2014)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence claims in (a) Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency, (b) Hackney local authority area, (c) London and (d) England have taken longer than 16 weeks to be awarded or declined.

Asked by:
Ms Diane Abbott (Labour)

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

Answered by:
Mr Mark Harper (Conservative)
4 November 2014