Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

(asked on 2nd November 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Personal Independence Payment assessments were carried out (a) face-to-face, (b) remotely and (c) on paper in each month since 1 January 2022.


Answered by
Tom Pursglove Portrait
Tom Pursglove
Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
This question was answered on 7th November 2022

The number and proportion of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments carried out (a) face to face, (b) remotely, including telephone and video, and c) paper based, can be found in the tables below.

For the months from January to September 2022 (the latest month that figures are available for) the number of assessments per channel are:

Month

Remote

Paper-Based

Face-to-Face

Jan-22

61,300

12,170

90

Feb-22

58,070

13,170

3,150

Mar-22

63,230

15,050

6,390

Apr-22

53,580

12,950

5,100

May-22

63,740

13,710

5,700

Jun-22

58,680

13,790

5,530

Jul-22

59,430

14,380

5,350

Aug-22

62,860

14,910

5,950

Sep-22

62,530

15,540

6,440

With channel proportion as:

Month

Remote

Paper-Based

Face-to-Face

Jan-22

83.3%

16.5%

0.1%

Feb-22

78.1%

17.7%

4.2%

Mar-22

74.7%

17.8%

7.5%

Apr-22

74.8%

18.1%

7.1%

May-22

76.7%

16.5%

6.9%

Jun-22

75.2%

17.7%

7.1%

Jul-22

75.1%

18.2%

6.8%

Aug-22

75.1%

17.8%

7.1%

Sep-22

74.0%

18.4%

7.6%

Please Note:

  • All volumes have been rounded to the nearest 10;
  • Percentages may not always total 100% due to rounding;
  • Proportions are based on actual values and may not add up due to rounding;
  • All of the above data is derived from management information produced by the assessment providers;
  • The above data is derived from unpublished management information which is collected for internal departmental use only and has not been quality assured to Official Statistics Publication standards.
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