Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
(asked on 6th January 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Personal Independence Payment assessments carried out by (a) Atos and (b) Capita were found to have been of an unacceptable standard in (i) 2019-20, (ii) 2020-21 and (iii) 2021-22.
The proportion of Personal Independence Payment assessments carried out by Atos and Capita, that were found to have been of an unacceptable standard, are shown below:
(a) ATOS | (i) Apr-19 - Mar-20 | (ii) Apr-20 - Mar-21 | (iii) Apr-21 - Mar-22 |
U grades Percentage (%) | 3.8% | 3.3% | 3.1% |
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(b) Capita | (i) Apr-19 - Mar-20 | (ii) Apr-20 - Mar-21 | (iii) Apr-21 - Mar-22 |
U grades Percentage (%) | 4.0% | 3.2% | 3.1% |
Please Note:
- U grades shown are as a proportion of audited assessments carried out by Independent Audit on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions;
- Only audited assessments are included in the data for this response;
- The above data is derived from unpublished management information which is collected for internal departmental use only and has not been quality assured to Official Statistics Publication standards.