Personal Independence Payment: Multiple Sclerosis
(asked on 10th July 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of people with multiple sclerosis who have claimed personal independence payment to date; and what proportion of those people have had (a) a repeat assessment and (b) more than three assessments.
This question was answered on 15th July 2015
There are currently 5,520 recipients of personal independence payment whose main disabling condition is recorded as being multiple sclerosis.
The information requested on repeat assessments could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.