Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
(asked on 12th September 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many assessments for personal independence payments were carried out by his Department by (a) phone, (b) video and (c) paper-based assessment in each month of 2023 as of 12 September.
The number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments carried out by (a) phone, (b) video and (c) paper-based assessment in each month, from January 2023, are shown in the table below:
PIP Assessment Channel | (a) Telephone | (b) Video | (c) Paper-based Review |
Jan-23 | 61,890 | 8,610 | 17,750 |
Feb-23 | 55,990 | 7,600 | 17,420 |
Mar-23 | 67,080 | 8,570 | 20,200 |
Apr-23 | 51,490 | 6,110 | 16,260 |
May-23 | 59,450 | 6,670 | 18,600 |
Jun-23 | 64,640 | 6,920 | 19,800 |
Jul-23 | 62,680 | 6,230 | 18,270 |
Aug-23 | 62,250 | 6,170 | 20,440 |
Please note
- All volumes have been rounded to the nearest 10.
- All the above data is derived from management information produced by the assessment providers.
- The above data is derived from unpublished management information which is collected for internal departmental use only and has not been quality assured to Official Statistics Publication standards