Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit have been awaiting a decision for more than (a) one year and (b) six months since the date of application as of 15 November 2022; and what the average time taken was between applications and decisions on such claims in the latest period for which data is available.

The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Decision times for Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) assessments are available on in the ‘IIDB Assessments’ dataset at: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk

Decision time data is recorded in working days and is available in time bands. Data is monthly and covers the period March 2017 to March 2022.