Work Capability Assessment
(asked on 26th June 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) disability and (b) work capability assessments were carried out with a home visit in 2018-19 in each DWP Region.
Please find the information requested below. PIP and HDAS both have separate estate delivery models resulting in a significant difference in numbers of home visits. I have interpreted ‘(a) disability’ as PIP assessments.
This is unpublished data derived from the DWP0400 report. The numbers are unpublished data, derived from assessment provider MI.
(a) PIP data does not align to DWP regions, however, I have provided the data in the relevant Lots. Lot 1 (Scotland, north-east and north-west England), Lot 2 (Central England and Wales) and Lot 3 (South East and South West England):
Personal Independence Payment completed as Home Visits Contract Lot April 18 - March 19 | Total |
Lot 1 – Scotland & the North | 76,890 |
Lot 2 – Wales and The Midlands | 116,630 |
Lot 3 – The South of England | 47,160 |
Lot 2 numbers are higher due to the supplier business model; Lot 1 is higher than Lot 3 due to the higher proportion of rural areas.
(b) Work Capability Assessment data by DWP regions:
Work Capability Assessments completed as Home Visits by DWP Region | Total |
Central | 2,070 |
London & Home Counties | 1,460 |
North East | 2,200 |
North West | 1,590 |
Scotland | 1,350 |
Southern | 1,080 |
Wales | 630 |
Figures rounded to the nearest 10.
All Assessment Providers are required to undertake home visits where there is a clinical need to do so and assess all cases prior to routing them for assessment. In PIP, there is some contract flexibility in the delivery of home assessments over and above the clinical requirement.