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	registered interest
	date	11/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the letter dated 15 July 2014 from the then Minister of State for Disabled People to the hon. Member for Stockton North, ref. POS(5) 10214/92, if the Minister of State for Disabled People will uphold his predecessor's personal commitment to ensuring that personal independence payment claims for people who are terminally ill will be assessed within seven days where possible; and what the timeframe is for achieving this target.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	209152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>We are already starting to see waiting times for special rules claims for terminally ill people reduce towards our expected level with indications that processing times are currently down to around 10 days. We will continue to identify further opportunities to streamline the process.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 13/10/2014 09:10:55 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

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	registered interest
	date	09/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of assessing the eligibility of (a) people with learning disabilities, (b) deaf people, (c) blind people, (d) people with primary or secondary MS, (e) people with Alzheimer's disease, (f) people with motor neurone disease, (g) people with muscular dystrophy and (h) deafblind people who are in receipt of disability living allowance for the personal independence payment (PIP); and how often each will be expected to be reassessed for continued eligibility for PIP.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne McGuire
	uin	208667
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information you have requested regarding the cost of assessment for PIP regarding different types of disability is not currently available. How often a person will be assessed to decide the correct level of entitlement for PIP will be dependent on the basis of individual needs and circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 13/10/2014 10:19:35 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	636 label Biography information for Dame Anne McGuire