Mr Gareth Thomas – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr Gareth Thomas on 2014-03-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the processing time target is for personal independence payment (PIP) claims; and what proportion of such claims took longer than this target time to process since the introduction of PIPs.

Mike Penning

As you will appreciate, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a new benefit and processes are currently bedding in. There are no time limits or targets on processing times to claims for PIP but we are taking the necessary action to improve the processing times.