Policy paper

DWP response to the Disability Benefits Consortium report on Personal Independence Payment assessment providers

What Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment providers must do to to deliver a fair and effective assessments.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 4 April 2013

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

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DWP Response to the Disability Benefits Consortium report on PIP Assessment Providers

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is grateful for the opportunity to respond to the report the Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) has published about the 10 pledges which they believe providers of assessments for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) should meet to deliver a fair and effective assessment. The DBC have requested clarifications from DWP and this response seeks to provide those and set out what the PIP assessment service contract requires of the assessment providers.

Published 4 April 2013