Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
(asked on 5th September 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many face-to-face PIP assessments have taken place since July 2024, broken down by month.
The number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) face-to-face assessments carried out each month from July 2024 to August 2025 can be found in the table below.
Month | Face-to-Face |
Jul-24 | 6,000 |
Aug-24 | 3,000 |
Sep-24 | 1,000 |
Oct-24 | 3,000 |
Nov-24 | 4,000 |
Dec-24 | 3,000 |
Jan-25 | 4,000 |
Feb-25 | 4,000 |
Mar-25 | 4,000 |
Apr-25 | 4,000 |
May-25 | 4,000 |
Jun-25 | 5,000 |
Jul-25 | 5,000 |
Aug-25 | 4,000 |
Please Note
- All volumes have been rounded to the nearest 1000.
- All the above data is derived from contractual management information produced by the assessment suppliers.
- The above data is derived from unpublished management information which is collected for internal departmental use only and has not been quality assured to Official Statistics Publication standards.
- The dip in September is due to the introduction of the Functional Assessment Service contracts on 9 September 2024. For a brief period, face to face assessments were limited to allow for a smooth transition from the old Health and Disability Assessment Service to the new Health Assessment Advisory Service across the country.
The number of PIP face-to-face assessments conducted is not available at a regional level. However, we can provide the information split by Lot. The number of PIP face-to-face assessments carried out by Lot from July 2024 to August 2025 can be found in the table below.
| Lot 1 - Northern England | Lot 2 - Midlands & Wales | Lot 3 - South-West | Lot 4 - London, South-East & East Anglia |
Jul-24 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | |
Aug-24 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 700 | |
Sep-24 | 200 | 1,000 | <100 | |
Oct-24 | 200 | 2,000 | 100 | 500 |
Nov-24 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 300 | 1,000 |
Dec-24 | 900 | 1,000 | 200 | 800 |
Jan-25 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 300 | 1,000 |
Feb-25 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 400 | 900 |
Mar-25 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 400 | 1,000 |
Apr-25 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 400 | 1,000 |
May-25 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 400 | 900 |
Jun-25 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 500 | 1,000 |
Jul-25 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 600 | 800 |
Aug-25 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 500 | 700 |
Please Note
- All volumes greater than or equal to 1000 have been rounded to the nearest 1000, all volumes less than 1000 have been rounded to the nearest 100.
- All the above data is derived from contractual management information produced by the assessment suppliers.
- The above data is derived from unpublished management information which is collected for internal departmental use only and has not been quality assured to Official Statistics Publication standards.
- Please note that for the period July- September 2024, Lot 3 and Lot 4 data is combined due to the old contractual reporting structure.