Question follow-through · 5243
Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that speech and language therapists do not undertake PIP assessments for people without disabilities related to speech and language.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 29 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jun 2026 · 18 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that speech and language therapists do not undertake PIP assessments for people without disabilities related to speech and language.
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jun 2026
Answer published
The department recognises the importance of ensuring all health professionals (HPs) have appropriate experience, skills, and training to undertake Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments. Assessment suppliers ensure that all HPs who carry out PIP ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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