DWP sets out changes for PIP assessment for new and existing claimants

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has recently confirmed that the vast majority of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) evaluations are taking place via telephone. Data obtained through a Freedom of Information (FOI) request disclosed that during June, approximately 70,000 PIP evaluations were conducted by phone - representing 75.6 per cent of all appointments for that particular month.

However, during DWP ministerial questioning in Parliament on Monday, Sir Stephen Timms announced the DWP "will increase the number of health professionals in assessment centres" with the aim to "increase the number of face-to-face, rather than remote, PIP assessments".

Yet the Minister for Social Security and Disability also s

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