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<p>The requested information can be found below:</p><p>A) Personal Independence Payment
(PIP)</p><p>Statistics on Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) clearance times for Personal
Independence Payment (PIP) claims by parliamentary constituency are planned to be
published on 11th June 2019 in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.
The figures requested will be included within the PIP Official Statistics publication.</p><p>It
should be noted that the Department’s decision makers are, in relation to PIP, now
proactively engaging with claimants at the MR stage to ensure that they have all material
evidence before they make their decision. Early indications are that this is helping
decision makers.</p><p>B) Employment Support Allowance (ESA)</p><p>The available information
on the average waiting time for MRs of ESA work capability assessments is published
and can be found in table 16 here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-march-2019"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-march-2019</a></p><p>It
is the intention to produce further geographical breakdowns of these statistics in
the future.</p>
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