Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's publication ADM Memo 30/17, whether (a) all qualified PIP assessors and (b) other assessors are qualified to undertake a LEAP exercise review of a claimant's awards.

The Legal Entitlements and Administrative Practice exercise review of claimants’ awards will not be carried out by external assessment providers, but by the Department’s decision makers alone. As this is a complex exercise, the decision makers are receiving further training to undertake the review.