PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Personal Independence Payment (22 February 2021)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) mean, (b) median and (c) longest waiting period was experienced by claimants of personal independence payments whose award was made by a tribunal between that award and their following award where (i) the subsequent new claim was submitted before the last day of the previous tribunal-made award, (ii) a decision had not been made on the new claim by her Department by the final day of the previous award, (iii) the decision on the new award was to award neither the standard nor enhanced rate of either component and (iv) the decision on the new award was subject to appeal to a tribunal which awarded at least the standard rate of at least one component in each of the last three years.

Asked by:
Sir Mark Tami (Labour)

The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

Answered by:
Justin Tomlinson (Conservative)
2 March 2021