AQW 13401/17-22


Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford


Tabled Date: 26/01/2021
Answered On Date: 09/02/2021
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the average waiting times for applicants between making an application for Personal Independent Payment and the first award being paid, in each of the last 24 months.


Answer:
The information requested is set out in the table below and is calculated from the most recent statistics, published on 25 November 2020.
The average time taken to process a PIP claim from the point of registration through to payment being made includes the time taken for a claimant to return their Part 2 'How your disability affects you' form, which they are given up to 6 weeks to complete, or longer if additional time is requested by the claimant or their representative.
Average (Median) Monthly Registration to Payment times for PIP
September 2018 to August 2020
Month
Average (median) time taken from Claim Registration to Payment (Weeks)
September 2018
15
October 2018
14
November 2018
14
December 2018
14
January 2019
15
February 2019
16
March 2019
17
April 2019
16
May 2019
19
June 2019
19
July 2019
19
August 2019
18
September 2019
15
October 2019
14
November 2019
13
December 2019
12
January 2020
13
February 2020
14
March 2020
14
April 2020
15
May 2020
17
June 2020
19
July 2020
19
August 2020
14