Paul Blomfield – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Blomfield on 2014-03-28.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2014, Official Report, column 255W, on Personal Independence Payment, what his Department’s original guideline assumptions were of the percentage of personal independence payment new claim referrals that would involve a consultation assessment; and if he will make a statement.

Mike Penning

The Department’s guideline volumetric assumptions provided to bidders anticipated that the number of consultations expected as a percentage of new claim referrals would be 75 per cent. These assumptions were the Department’s best estimates at the time, in the early stages of programme development. All assumptions were stated to bidders to be indicative only.