Select Committee · Work and Pensions Committee

PIP and ESA Assessments

Status: Closed Opened: 12 Mar 2020 Closed: 2 Feb 2022
Inquiry scopeThe Work and Pensions Committee held a one-off evidence session with organisations representing and supporting disabled people through the PIP and ESA assessment processes. This was a chance for the Committee to: - Understand the progress that has been made since the previous Committee reported on PIP and ESA assessments in 2018; - Understand what reforms are needed, and whether these can be accomplished within the existing assessment systems; - Explore the implications of DWP’s proposed reforms to the processes, via the Health Transformation Programme.

Oral evidence sessions

1 session

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Date Session and witnesses Source
18 Mar 2020
Work and Pensions Committee meeting
Ayaz Manji · Mind, Eleanor Southwood · Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), James Taylor · Scope, Joe Lane · Citizens Advice, Marc Francis · Zacchaeus 2000 Trust (Z2K)
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Who gave evidence

5 witnesses

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WitnessOrganisationSessions
Ayaz Manji · Senior Policy and Campaigns Officer Mind 1
Eleanor Southwood · Chair Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) 1
James Taylor · Executive Director, Strategy, Impact and Social Change Scope 1
Joe Lane · Principal Policy Manager Citizens Advice 1
Marc Francis · Director of Policy and Campaigns Zacchaeus 2000 Trust (Z2K) 1