Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will examine tribunal decisions for (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payments to provide guidance to health assessors to avoid the repetition of mistakes.

Where a Presenting Officer is present at a tribunal and feels it is appropriate for feedback to be provided regarding the assessment provider they do so. This includes feedback both from the tribunal panel members and the Presenting Officers on the assessment report. Feedback is collated by the Department, analysed and used to identify and make improvements to the claimant journey. The Department has recently recruited a further 150 Presenting Officers as a result of this feedback.