| Heading: |
Personal Independence Payment: Tribunals |
| Question ID: |
1811269 |
| UIN: |
58867 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-10 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5214 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Brian Mathew
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| Asking Member handle: |
BrianMathewLD
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@BrianMathewLD
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the backlog of people waiting for tribunals as part of their PIP application process. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-18 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
163 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Stephen Timms
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| Answering Member handle: |
stephenctimms
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@stephenctimms
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
The Department understands the potential effect of waiting for a tribunal hearing, which is why our aim is to make the right decision as early as possible in the claim journey so that people can get the support they are entitled to, without the need for a... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |