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A new Personal Independence Payment, or PIP, audio recording update has been issued for people due a Department for Work and Pensions or DWP assessment in-person or over the phone.

Alex Easton, an Independent MP for North Down, reached out in the Commons "to ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has issued guidance to Capita on routinely recording interviews for all Personal Independence Payment assessments; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of requiring Capita to routinely record such interviews on (a) claimant experience and (b) access to information relevant to an appeal."

Sir Stephen Timms, a Labour Party MP, replied: "Currently, claimants can opt-in to having their Personal Independence Payment assessment rec

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