PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Personal Independence Payment (26 August 2014)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how long the average wait for an assessment for a personal independence payment was on the latest date for which figures are available.
Asked by:
Dame Meg Hillier (Labour)
Asked by:
Dame Meg Hillier (Labour)
Answer
The wait for an assessment faced by some claimants is unacceptable. We are committed to putting that right by clearing backlogs and improving processing times.
We intend to publish statistics on the time taken to clear cases in the near future and my analysts are considering what information the publication will include. We will pre-announce the publication in due course, in line with the UK Statistics Authority code of practice.
Answered by:
Mr Mark Harper (Conservative)
1 September 2014
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