AQW 39024/11-15 Written question to the Minister for Social Development
To ask the Minister for Social Development how his Department are addressing the delay between a claim for Personal Independence Payment and the receipt of money, which is resulting in an average waiting time of six months for people with a disability.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 19 November 2014
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 19 November 2014
- Answer due by
- 4 December 2014
- Answered
- 1 December 201412 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Personal Independence Payment has not been introduced in Northern Ireland. It is part of the Welfare Reform Bill which has not completed its passage through the Northern Ireland Assembly.