Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Written Statement of 5 June 2018, on Personal Independence Payments, HCWS733, what the timescale is for completion of a DWP-owned IT system.
The current term of the PIP assessment contracts ends in July 2019. It was announced on 6 June 2018 that the DWP would explore options to extend these contracts by approximately two years. Work is already progressing to develop a DWP owned IT capability which will be available to support future provision at that time.