Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many health assessment reports her Department has received from the (a) Independent Assessment Services and (b) Centre for Health and Disability Assessments in each of the last five years.

The volume of assessment reports received from the suppliers are outlined below:

The contract between DWP and Centre for Health and Disability Assessments (CHDA) commenced on 1 March 2015, therefore figures for CHDA is only held for the last 3 years. Each period listed runs from March to February and figures cover both work capability assessment and other benefit assessments completed by face to face assessment or paper based assessment:

For IAS figures are available from May 2013 and are summarised by fiscal year thereafter. Figures include assessments completed by face to face or paper based assessment.