Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people in receipt of disability living allowance who have received notification for reassessment for personal independence payments will cease to receive those payments if they (a) do not attend a reassessment over the (i) phone and (ii) on paper and (b) cannot attend a reassessment due to the inability of a carer to provide the necessary support due to social distancing measures introduced during the covid-19 outbreak.
A.
B. Where appropriate, it is possible for an appointee and/or companion to join a telephony assessment even if they are based in different locations.