Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to provide additional resources to support the processing of any increase in Personal Independence Payment applications when the transitional protection for the limited capability for work and work-related activity top-up is phased out.

We continually review both current and forecast demand with a view to informing levels of resource required to meet delivery aspirations.

Recruitment is currently underway to provide increased resource to meet current demand and known future requirements.

These resource plans are regularly reviewed and adjusted to allow for future impacts and would consider in future anything related to the White Paper and the potential removal of the WCA process.