Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
(asked on 29th January 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many reports were requested from GPs in connection with claims for personal independence payments in (a) 2017, (b) 2016 and (c) 2015.
The specific information requested is not available as further medical evidence can be requested from a wide range of health professionals such as consultants, mental health nurses and not just GPs. The Department is able to provide information relating to the total number of recorded requests for further medical evidence by each assessment provider which will, but does not solely, include requests to GPs, this information is set out in the tables below.
Independent Assessment Service (Lots 1 and 3)
Year | Total Recorded Requests for further medical evidence |
2017 | 98,084 |
2016 | 58,979 |
2015 | 51,166 |
Capita (Lot 2)
Year | Total Recorded Requests for further medical evidence |
2017 | 20,902 |
2016 | 48,240 |
2015 | 94,349 |