Work Capability Assessment
(asked on 8th November 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) accuracy and (b) efficiency of the work capability assessment.
This question was answered on 21st November 2016
The contract between DWP and Centre for Health Disability Assessment (CHDA), which carries out Work Capability Assessments, contains a range of quality performance indicators and targets that are monitored on an on-going basis. DWP also has an independent audit team that audits a statistically valid sample of CHDA assessments on a monthly basis.