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Written question asked by Martin Whitfield (Labour) on Monday, 15 July 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 17 July 2019. It was answered by Justin Tomlinson (Conservative) on Monday, 22 July 2019 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on the number of applications for personal independence payments that were (a) refused and (b) reduced based on informal observations made of the applicant upon face to face assessment.

Answer

The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

Informal observations form part of the suite of evidence used by Health Professionals at the face to face assessment to help Case Managers determine entitlement to benefit, along with medical evidence, history of conditions, social and occupational history, functional history including the ‘typical day’ and the functional examination.

More information can be found at paragraph 1.6 in the Personal Independence Payment Assessment Guide at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-assessment-guide-for-assessment-providers/pip-assessment-guide-part-1-the-assessment-process#carrying-out-pip-assessments

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
277271
Session
2017-19
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Medical examinations Personal independence payment
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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