Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
Commons · Question 6889 · Tabled 4 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Steve Darling
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment (PIP) claimants are included in the Transform Decision Making pilot, expressed as both a percentage and number.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 12 Jun 2026
DWP is running a small-scale trial of a transformed decision making approach within the Health Transformation Programme's new Health Assessment Service, and we will evaluate the impacts. The initial phase of testing involved around 1% of PIP assessments f...