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Written question asked by Martin Whitfield (Labour) on Tuesday, 16 July 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 18 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: Multiple Sclerosis

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with multiple sclerosis in receipt of disability living allowance who (a) underwent a reassessment and (b) made a new application for personal independence payments had their (i) application rejected and (ii) award reduced as a result of an informal observation made by the assessor in each year since 2013.

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
277818
Session
2017-19
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Disability living allowance Multiple sclerosis Personal independence payment
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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