Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Disabled People, Work and Health on 27 March 2017, Official Report, columns 22-23, what form the increased clinical support that the Government brought in recently takes.

Clinical support leads are responsible for providing support and on the spot advice to Healthcare Professionals delivering assessments.

All clinical support leads must have a minimum of 12 months experience working on PIP with an excellent track record in quality and other performance metrics. They will also have been successful at a competency based interview for a clinical management position.