Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to take steps to remove the role of the private sector in carrying out (a) PIP assessments and (b) PIP reassessments.

In September 2024, new five-year contracts for functional health and disability services commenced. In advance of the procurement of these contracts, a delivery model assessment was carried out in line with commercial best practice, which determined that outsourced delivery remained the best way of achieving value for money and service stability. The Department will conduct a further delivery model assessment in due course to inform decisions on future service delivery, beyond the current contracts.