Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how health re-assessments for personal independent payments are prioritised; and whether assessors conducting such assessments do so in order of (a) impairment, (b) location, (c) disability living allowance awards and (d) any other criteria.

The only claims to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) which are prioritised, whether they are new claims or Disability Living Allowance to PIP reassessment claims, are those from people who are terminally ill. Claims from terminally ill people are currently receiving decisions in five days on average from the point their claim is registered.