Select committee: Work and Pensions Committee

PIP and ESA Assessments inquiry

Closed Opened 13 Sep 2017 Closed 5 Nov 2019

Work and Pensions Committee Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗

Inquiry scope (the committee's words)

Web Forum Web Forum: PIP and ESA Assessments (Closed on 10 November 2017) Easy Read: Call for written submissions Easy Read: Call for written submissions Easy Read: Call for written submissions (lower resolution) Employment and Support Allowance (ESA, introduced in 2008) and the Personal Independence Payment (PIP, introduced in 2013) provide vital financial support to disabled people. Claimants of PIP and ESA should be able to rely on assessments for those benefits being efficient, fair and consistent. Failings in the processes—from application, to assessment, to decision-making and to challenge mechanisms—have contributed to a lack of trust in both benefits. This risks undermining their entire operation.

Where it stands

The inquiry is closed, opened 13 September 2017.

The committee has published 2 reports, most recently 7th Report - PIP and ESA assessments on 14 February 2018.

The government's response to each report

7th Report - PIP and ESA assessments

No government response is linked to this report.

4th Report - PIP and ESA assessments: claimant experiences

No government response is linked to this report.

Reports

7th Report - PIP and ESA assessments14 February 2018
4th Report - PIP and ESA assessments: claimant experiences8 February 2018

All reports

Evidence

4 oral evidence sessionsLatest 20 December 2017

All evidence

Recent activity

Letter from Justin Tomlinson MP, Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work, re PIP published data - MH and RJ judgements5 November 2019, Correspondence
Letter from Minister for Disabled People, Health and work, re PIP admin exercise, dated 17 July 20195 November 2019, Correspondence
Letter from Sarah Newton MP, Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work, re PIP and ESA claimant experiences, Govt response, dated 25 October 20185 November 2019, Correspondence

Recommendations and conclusions 0 shown

No recommendations or conclusions are indexed for this inquiry yet.

Reports

2 reports

7th Report - PIP and ESA assessments

HC No.: HC 829
Published: 14 Feb 2018
Items: 0
Government response: No government response is linked to this report.

4th Report - PIP and ESA assessments: claimant experiences

HC No.: HC 355
Published: 8 Feb 2018
Items: 0
Government response: No government response is linked to this report.

Oral evidence sessions

4 sessions

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Date	Session and witnesses	Source
20 Dec 2017	Oral evidence session No witnesses recorded	View ↗
11 Dec 2017	Oral evidence session No witnesses recorded	View ↗
6 Dec 2017	Oral evidence session No witnesses recorded	View ↗
22 Nov 2017	Oral evidence session No witnesses recorded	View ↗

Correspondence

23 letters

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Published	Direction	Letter
5 Nov 2019	To committee	Letter from Minister for Disabled People, Health and work, re PIP admin exercise, dated 17 July 2019
5 Nov 2019	To committee	Letter from the Chair to Justin Tomlinson MP, Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work, re PIP mobility review
5 Nov 2019	To committee	Letter from Justin Tomlinson MP, Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work, re PIP published data - MH and RJ judgements
5 Nov 2019	To committee	Letter from Justin Tomlinson MP, Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work, re PIP published data - MH and RJ judgements
5 Nov 2019	To committee	Letter from Sarah Newton MP, Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work, re PIP and ESA claimant experiences, Govt response, dated 25 October 2018
29 Apr 2019	To committee	Letter from Dr Peter Holden and Dr Mark Sanford-Wood to Chair regarding BMA meeting with DWP and ESA letter - dated 5 April 2019
19 Feb 2019	Not recorded	Frank Field to Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work regarding ESA assessment for victims of modern slavery – dated 4 February 2019
13 Feb 2019	To committee	Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work, regarding DWP letters to GPs, dated 11 January 2019
18 Jun 2018	To committee	Letter from Jeane Freeman to the Chair on Universal Credit rollout, February 2018
11 Jun 2018	To committee	Letter from Frank Field to Atos on PIP and ESA, 14 May 2018
11 Jun 2018	To committee	Letter from Independent Assessment Services to Frank Field on PIP and ESA, 15 May 2018
11 Jun 2018	To committee	Letter from Sarah Newton to Frank Field on PIP and ESA, 18 May 2018
11 Jun 2018	To committee	Letter from Frank Field to Sarah Newton on PIP and ESA, 9 May 2018
11 Jun 2018	To committee	Letter from Maximus UK to Frank Field on PIP and ESA, 31 May 2018
11 Jun 2018	To committee	Letter from Frank Field to Maximus UK on PIP and ESA, 14 May 2018
11 Jun 2018	To committee	Letter from Capita to Frank Field on PIP and ESA, 25 May 2018
11 Jun 2018	To committee	Letter from Frank Field to Capita on PIP and ESA, 14 May 2018
21 May 2018	To committee	Letter from the Office for Budget Responsibility to the Chair on personal independence payments, 9 May 2018
12 Feb 2018	To committee	Letter from the Chair to SoS for Department of Work and Pensions relating to PIP appeal data, 9 February 2018
20 Dec 2017	To committee	Letter from Chief Executive of Independent Assessment Services to the Chair relating to PIP and ESA assessments, 18 December 2017
18 Dec 2017	To committee	Letter from Sarah Newton MP re PIP and ESA assessments quality 181217
15 Dec 2017	To committee	Letter from Dominic Raab, Minister of State for Justice, re PIP and ESA appeals 29 November 2017
4 Dec 2017	To committee	Letter from the Chair to Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work, relating to PIP and ESA assessments, 28 November 2017