Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the average actual clearance times for personal independence payment special rules for end of life claims in Slough constituency in each of the last five financial years.

Table (a) shows the average actual clearance times for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Special Rule for End of Life (SREL) claims in Slough constituency and England and Wales in each of the last 5 financial years (from 2018/19 to 2022/23), calculated as the median number of working days from registration to DWP decision.

Source: PIP Atomic Data Store (ADS)

Notes:

• Reassessment figures have not been included as the volumes are too small and potentially disclosive.
• The median processing time is the middle value if you were to order all the times within the distribution from lowest value to highest value. The median is presented here instead of the mean because the mean can be unduly affected by outlying cases (e.g. cases where the person has been hard to reach due to being in prison, hospital, failed to attend the assessment on numerous occasions etc.)
• The processing time from registration to DWP decision is measured as the median time between the date of registration of the claim and the date of the DWP decision to either award or disallow the claim. It does not include claims that were withdrawn by the claimant or claims that were disallowed by DWP pre-referral to the Assessment Providers (e.g. for failure to meet basic eligibility criteria).
• The status of claims as 'normal rules/SREL' and 'new claim/reassessment' is shown as at the point of DWP decision, in accordance with the measure. It is possible for claims to transition between normal/special rules and new claims/reassessments during the claimant journey.
• DLA to PIP reassessments include claimants who were on child DLA and have been invited to claim PIP when they turned 16; claimants who have had a change of circumstances while on DLA that has triggered a claim to PIP; and claimants who have been invited to move to PIP from DLA.
• This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution, and it may be subject to future revision.