Written questions

Personal Independence Payment

Commons · Question 82979 · Tabled 17 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 27 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Daisy Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2025 to Question 77147 on Personal Independence Payment, if he will make it his policy to collect data on the impact of registration of an appointee on a person's PI

Answer

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 27 Oct 2025

There are no plans to collect this data. We aim to process applications for appointeeship as soon as possible to avoid delays. It is important that the department conducts checks to ensure that an appointee is both suitable to act and needed by the claima...