Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 5 April 2017 to Question 69482, on work capability assessments, when he expects the results of the pilot to test audio recording of personal independence payment face-to-face assessments to be published.

We have always been clear that we are continuously looking at ways to improve the claimant experience and this pilot provided an opportunity to examine whether there are any benefits to audio recording face-to-face assessments.

Whilst the evaluation findings of this small scale pilot will not be published separately they will help inform the Government’s response to the Second Independent Review.