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Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

Asked by Dr Ellie ChownsGreen PartyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 22 October 2025UIN 80479

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2025 2025 to Question 50550 on Personal Independence Payment: Appeals, what steps he is taking to reduce the median clearance time for mandatory reconsiderations.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

We intend to reduce the median clearance time by increasing decision making resource for Mandatory Reconsiderations, including by recruiting new decision makers

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