Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: Medical Examinations

(asked on 15th November 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many face to face medical assessments were carried out for claims for Industrial Injuries Disability Benefit in each of the most recent 12 months for which data is available.


Answered by
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Tom Pursglove
This question was answered on 18th November 2022

The number of face-to-face assessments carried out for claims for Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB), in each of the last 12 months, is shown in the table below.

IIDB Clearances

Nov 21

Dec 21

Jan 22

Feb 22

Mar 22

Apr 22

May 22

Jun 22

Jul 22

Aug 22

Sep 22

Oct 22

Face-to-face

630

630

650

410

530

420

760

950

980

1300

1150

1030

All volumes have been rounded to the nearest 10.

All the above data is derived from contractual management information produced by the assessment providers or supplier. Please note: the above data is derived from unpublished management information which is collected for internal departmental use only and has not been quality assured to Official Statistics Publication standards.

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