Question follow-through · 8983

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of specialist input in PIP Reviews.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 14 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 28 Oct 2024
Answer: 28 Oct 2024 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

14 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of specialist input in PIP Reviews.
28 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Oct 2024
Answer published
I have interpreted your question to refer to the adequacy of the input provided by the assessment supplier (AS) health professional (HP) during a PIP review. All decisions on entitlement to PIP, whether at initial claim or review, are made by DWP case man...

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