Social Security Benefits: 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 Health Care Professional assessments were carried out by her Department in (a) 2017, (b) 2016 and (c) 2015.


Answered by
Sarah Newton Portrait
Sarah Newton
This question was answered on 1st February 2018

The total volume of Health Care Professional assessments carried out by Assessment Providers on behalf of DWP in 2017, 2016 and 2015 can be found in the table below.

Year

No of assessment

2017

2,152,915

2016

2,027,017

2015

1,560,521

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