Personal Independence Payment

Monday 23rd June 2014 Written Statements

[The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Mike Penning)]

Section 89 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 commits the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to publish two independent reports on how the personal independence payment (PIP) assessment is working. The first is due within two years of PIP starting in April 2013. On Thursday 10 April 2014, I announced that Paul Gray CB had been appointed to carry out the first independent review of the PIP assessment. The terms of reference for this independent review were published on gov.uk on 21 May.

Today the Government will publish a call for evidence to inform the first independent review of the PIP assessment, being undertaken by Paul Gray.

This call for evidence will be one of several methods used to gather information during the review. Evidence submitted will be used to inform Paul Gray’s report to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which will be laid before Parliament before the end of 2014.

This call for evidence seeks evidence from both organisations and individuals who have information that is relevant to how the PIP assessment is operating.

The call for evidence runs until Friday 5 September 2014.

I will place a copy of the call for evidence in the Libraries of both Houses. It will also be available on the Government’s website: www.gov.uk/DWP later today.