Louise Haigh – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-12-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons recipients of personal independence payments are called for reassessment.

Justin Tomlinson

Personal Independence Payment is designed to ensure decisions on entitlement, award lengths and timing of reviews are appropriate and evidence-based.

All ongoing awards, regardless of duration, will be reviewed periodically to ensure that the individual continues to receive the correct amount of benefit. Where we have sufficient evidence to do so, we will conduct a paper based assessment without the need for the claimant to attend a face to face assessment.

The claimant can also ask for a review if the daily living needs or mobility needs arising change.

Reviews can result in a higher or lower award or no change.