{"value":{"id":1716005,"askingMemberId":4491,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2024-05-07T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2024-05-09T00:00:00","uin":"24964","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were waiting for a decision on their PIP application on 1 January 2024.","answeringBodyId":29,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Work and Pensions","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4513,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2024-05-15T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The number of outstanding PIP cases on the 1 of January 2024 was 263,000. Claims are considered outstanding when the claim has been registered but a decision has not yet been made by a Case Manager on whether to award PIP.</p><p>Data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decisions after January 2024 cannot be shared as the information is intended for publication at a future date. In line with National Statistics protocols, the department does not make any indication of the statistics public ahead of release.</p><p>Notes:</p><p>- Source: PIP Atomic Data Store;</p><p>- Figures are rounded to the nearest 1,000;</p><p>- Figures are for England and Wales only;</p><p>- These figures include claims made under normal rules and special rules for terminal illness and include both new claims and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to PIP reassessment claims.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Personal Independence Payment","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1716005","method":"GET"}]}