Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 80479
Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 22 October 2025
Question
Dr Ellie Chowns
Green Party — North Herefordshire
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.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsWe intend to reduce the median clearance time by increasing decision making resource for Mandatory Reconsiderations, including by recruiting new decision makers