PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Personal Independence Payment: Complaints (28 January 2019)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints were received in relation to the personal independence payment assessment process in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.
Asked by:
Marsha De Cordova (Labour)
Asked by:
Marsha De Cordova (Labour)
Answer
The total number of complaints received by Assessment Providers in relation to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments in (a) 2017 was 8,900 and in (b) 2018 was 9,400. Both of these figures equate to less than 1% of the total number of assessments carried out that year.
Answered by:
Sarah Newton (Conservative)
5 February 2019
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