Personal Independence Payment: South Holland and the Deepings
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time is to process a Personal Independence Payment appeal in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms
The average time to process a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) appeal for all PIP appeals in the South Holland and The Deepings constituency, since PIP was introduced, can be found in table 1 below.
Table 1: The mean and median time to process an appeal from time of registration to the time of appeal clearance in weeks
Mean appeal processing time (weeks) | Median appeal processing time (weeks) |
23 | 19 |
Source: PIP Administrative data
Notes:
- The appeal processing time is calculated as the time between the date of appeal registration and date of appeal clearance.
- Figures include appeals related to initial decisions (including new claims and DLA reassessments), award reviews and changes of circumstance.
- Figures include time taken by His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) to clear the case.
- Cases are counted if the claimant is resident in the constituency at the point of registering their claim.
Verbatim has judged this answer against the question that was actually asked — answered, partly answered, or evaded. Sign in to see the verdict →