Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 26 October 2026 to Written Question 36689 on Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations, whether his Department as data controller makes the rectification of factual inaccuracies in Work Capability Assessment reports under Article 16 UK GDPR dependent on (a) the assessment supplier upholding a complaint and (b) those inaccuracies affecting the (i) assessment advice and (ii) benefit decision.

Whilst the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is the data controller, our contracted assessment suppliers act as DWP’s data processors in delivering assessments under the Functional Assessment Services contract, and we share responsibility for how claimant data is handled.

Where a claimant raises a complaint about factual inaccuracies in the Work Capability Assessment report and that complaint is upheld, the supplier may revise the assessment advice. DWP may then review and, where appropriate, revise the benefit decision in light of the updated or additional advice.