Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 11 January 2023 to Question 117740 on Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations, what proportion of Personal Independence Payment assessments carried out by (a) Atos and (b) Capita were audited by his Department in each year since 2018.
The proportion of Personal Independence Payment assessments carried out by (a) Independent Assessment Services (IAS)/Atos and (b) Capita that were audited by the department in each year since 2018, is shown in the table below:
(a) IAS (ATOS) | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
Percentage Audited (%) | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
(b) Capita | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
Percentage Audited (%) | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.4 |
Please note